NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



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more or less scales of yellow. There is a line of yellow in the center of 

 the tails. Beneath, the markings are repeated, but larger on the fore 

 wings, and on the hind wings they are more or less overwashed with 

 orange; on this wing, between the two bands, in the middle of the space 

 between the veins, are dark patches, on the inner side of which are spots 

 of blue scales, followed outwardly by a dusting of greenish-j'ellow scales. 

 On the base of the hind wing, nearly parallel with the lower edge, is a 

 line of 3-ellowish, (Fig. 8, e) that is also more faintly indicated on the 

 base of fore wing. There are two lines of yellowish on the sides of the 

 body. Expands 3.90 to 4.75. Habitat, the Gulf States and north to 

 Virginia. Appears in ]\Iarch, disappears in November. 



a b e d 



Wings and tails of some of the genns Pajiilio. a, right hind wing of ii;,laniudo6, lower side; b, 

 right fore wing of eurymodon, upper side; c, tail of same species; d, left hind wing of troilus, low- 

 er side. 



15. PAPILIO TURNUS Lixx. 



Yellow Swallow-tail. 

 Plate I, 1, lower side of male ; Fig. G, upper side of same. 



Size, medium. Tails, two, slightly enlarged terminally. Above, 

 lemon yellow, with both wings margined all around, excepting on the 

 lower border of the fore, and upper border of hind wings, with black. 

 This margin is widest on the outer border of the wings, and here con- 

 tains a band of yellow spots, which are oval on the fore wings and cres- 

 cent-shaped on the hind, where the upper and lower spots are orange. 



Tliere is an orange spot on the inner angle of the hind wing, Avith- 

 out a black center, above and below which is a blue spot. There are 

 black bands on the wings as follows : one near the base crossing both 

 wings, one outside of this on the fore wings joined to another outside, 

 and between this and the marginal band is a shorter one. Beneath, 



