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the scent-organs light yellow-brown ; the ocellus on the 

 side of 4 with a vitreous black process, the circlet orange- 

 red, having a black stripe within its anterior edge, and 

 a blue spot on its upper side ; the blue spots along the 

 body are set in fine black rings ; on the dorsuin of 5 at 

 posterior edge is a buff spot just outside the lilac spot 

 and touching it ; head olive-green. 



The chrysalis is 1.4 inches long, the ventral side 

 highly arched, the dorsum much incurved ; the former 

 narrow at summit, rounded, sides sloping. Color varia- 

 ble ; one phase shows the whole dorsal side a delicate 

 green, with a darker green dorsal stripe from mesonotuni 

 back ; below mesonotum a subdorsal low red tubercle on 

 each side; on either side of the abdominal segments 

 two rows of dull lilac points; whole ventral side one 

 shade of green, a little darker than dorsum and less 

 yellow ; lateral ridge cream color, more or less marked 

 by a red line, which broadens on the process of head ; 

 on ventral side below head two red dots near the middle 

 line ; a series of white dots along the margins of the 

 wing-cases ; below the ridge, on last segments, are traces 

 of blue spots. 



The natural food-plant seems to be red bay, or Persea 

 Carolimmis, though they readily eat sassafras. 



Gulf States, Florida to Virginia. 



6. PAPILIO TURNUS, Linn. 



Expanse of wings from 3.5 to 4.5 inches. 



Upper surface of wings clear pale yellow, oosta and 

 outer border of fore wings, and outer and posterior bor- 

 der of hind wings, black ; the outer portion of the black 



along the costa suffused with yellow ; the outer border 

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