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ANTHOCHARIS OLYMPIA (Edwards) 



Plate 56, Figures 1, 2 



This wide-ranging butterfly may possibly occur in the District. 

 It is to be looked for early in spring with A. genutia, and also in 

 more or less open country. 



The color is white with black markings on the fore wings above 

 and olive markings on the hind and fore wings below; the black 

 crescent at the end of the cell of the fore wings above is repeated 

 in outline below. The anterior portion of the hind wings below is 

 tinged with pale pink. 



Subfamily Papilioninae 



PAPILIO PALaMEDES Drury 



Palamedes 

 Plate 47, Figures 1. 2 



This fine swallowtail is to be looked for in the vicinity of Wash- 

 ington in swampy regions with an abundance of magnolias. It is 

 common, I am informed by Dr. William Schaus. at Virginia Beach, 

 and it has been captured in the vicinity of Philadelphia. 



It is very common in the swamps of the coastal plain from Florida 

 to North Carolina and it is locally common in eastern North Caro- 

 lina and Virginia. 



It resembles P. troilus in its irregular flight, this way and that and 

 up and down through the swamps, but the flight is much more 

 languid than that of P. troiln.s, with slower wing beats. Usually 

 when in the woods the flight is rather high, 8 or 10 feet above the 

 ground, but when crossing an open space or a road the flight is more 

 direct and lower — 4 or 5 feet above the groimd. 



The languid flight of this butterfly combined with the great 

 amount of yellow on the outer half of the wings makes its identifica- 

 tion a simple matter for anyone acquainted with the other North 

 American black swallowtails. 



Family HESPERIIDAE 

 Subfamily Pyrginae 



GONIURUS PROTEUS (Linnaeus) 

 SWALLOWTAILED SKIPPER 



Plate 50, Figures 1, 2 



The swallowtailecl skipper is very common in the Southeastern 

 States and ranges north along the coast to eastern Virginia and cas- 

 uallv to New York and southern New Enoland. 



