Genus Papilio 
sis, is represented in Plate XLIV, Fig. 2, by a male specimen. It 
is characterized by the great breadth and intensity of the black 
bands on the upper side of the wings, which are quite as broad 
as in the summer form marcellus. I find this form prevalent in 
the spring of the year on the St. Johns River, in Florida. Ex¬ 
panse, 2.50-2.75 inches. 
(b) Winter form telamonides, Felder, Plate XLIV, Fig. 1, $. 
In this form the tails of the hind wings are somewhat longer 
than in walshi , and are not simply tipped, but bordered on either 
side for half their length with white, and the red spots near the 
anal angle do not coalesce to form a crimson bar, but are sepa¬ 
rate. The black transverse bands on the upper side are wider 
than in walshi. Expanse, 2.75-3.00 inches. 
(c) Summer form marcellus, Boisduval, Plate XLIV, Fig. 
3, $ . In this form, which represents the second generation emerg¬ 
ing in the summer and fall from chrysalids produced from eggs 
of walshi , floridensis, and telamonides , the tails of the hind wings 
are greatly lengthened, being fully twice as long as in walshi , the 
black bands are greatly widened, and there is but a single small 
spot of crimson (sometimes none) above the anal angle of the 
secondaries. Expanse, 3.00-3.25 inches. 
Early Stages.—' These are well known. The caterpillar feeds 
on the leaves of the papaw ( Asimina triloba ), and wherever 
this plant is found the butterfly is generally common. 
Ajax ranges from southern New England, where it is very 
rare, west and south over the entire country to the foot-hills of 
the Rocky Mountains. It is very common in the lower Appa¬ 
lachian region, and in southern Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and 
Tennessee is especially abundant. 
(2) Papilio eurymedon, Boisduval, Plate XLIV, Fig. 5, 6 
(Eurymedon). 
Butterfly. — This beautiful insect belongs to the same group 
as the four succeeding species. In the style of the markings it 
recalls P. turnus, but the ground-color is always pale whitish- 
yellow or white, the tails of the hind wings are more slender, 
and the white marginal spots on the under side of the fore wings 
are fused together, forming a continuous band. There are other 
differences, but these, with the help of the plate, will suffice for 
the ready identification of the species. Expanse, 3.50-4.00 
inches. 
