Genus Papilio 
P. asterias ranges all over the Atlantic States and the valley of 
the Mississippi. 
(18) Papilio troilus, Linnaeus, Plate XLI, Fig. 5, $ ; Plate 
II, Figs. 18, 19, 22, larva; Plate VI, Figs. 5-7, chrysalis (The 
Spice-bush Swallowtail). 
Blitter fly.—The upper side of the male is accurately depicted 
in the plate. The female has less bluish-green on the upper side 
of the hind wings. Expanse, 3.75-4.25 inches. 
Early Stages .—The caterpillar lives upon the leaves of the 
common spicewood and sassafras, and draws the edges of a 
leaf together, thus forming a nest in which it lies hidden. 
The insect is found throughout the Atlantic States and in the 
Mississippi Valley. 
(19) Papilio palamedes, Drury, Plate XLII, Fig. 1, ? (Pala- 
medes). 
Butterfly .—The upper side of the wings is very accurately 
depicted in the figure just cited. On the under side the predomi¬ 
nant tint is bright yellow. Expanse, 3.50-4.25 inches. 
Early Stages .—These are described by Scudder in the third 
volume of his work on “The Butterflies of New England.” The 
caterpillar feeds on Magnolia glauca , and on plants belonging to 
the order Lauracece. 
The insect ranges from southern Virginia, near the coast, to 
the extreme southern end of Florida, and westward to southern 
Missouri and eastern Texas. 
(20) Papilio philenor, Linnaeus, Plate XLII, Fig. 2, $ ; Plate 
II, Figs. 13, 20, 21, larva; Plate VI, Figs. 14, 17, 20, chrysalis 
(The Pipe-vine Swallowtail). 
Butterfly .—The figures in the plates obviate the necessity for 
describing this familiar but most beautiful insect, the glossy 
blue-green of which flashes all summer long in the sunlight about 
the verandas over which the Aristolochia spreads the shade of 
its great cordate leaves. Expanse, 3.75-4.25 inches. 
Early Stages .—The caterpillar feeds upon the leaves of Aris¬ 
tolochia sipho (the Dutchman’s-pipe) and Aristolochia serpentaria, 
which abound in the forest lands of the Appalachian region. 
Philenor is always abundant during the summer months in 
the Middle Atlantic States, and ranges from Massachusetts to 
Arizona, into southern California and southward into Mexico. 
It is double-brooded in western Pennsylvania, and the writer 
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