PAPILIO II. 



AJAX.— Vau. TELAjMONIDES, Felder. 



Primaries more ])roducecl than in var. Walsliii; costa more arched; hind 

 margin in male mure excavated, in female convex; tail longer and broader; thorax 

 covered with long hairs; frontal hairs of medium length. 



Male. — Expands from 2.8 to o.'i inches. 



Similar in color and disposition of bands and markings to Walshii; the tail 

 not merely tipped with yellow, but bordered on either side from half to two-thirds 

 the distance from tip to base, the extreme edges, except at tip, being black ; the 

 crimson bar narrower, often bilobed, and occasionally broken into two spots; the 

 four margmal lunules usually distinct. 



Body above as in Walshii, but beneath much less black, the collar being yel- 

 low and the yellow lateral stripes broad and briglit; palpi yellow, the hairs at 

 extremity tipped with black; frontal hairs black, very slightly interspersed with 

 yellow at base next the eyes, shorter than in Walshii; antennie reddish, club same, 

 reddish-brown beneath. 



Female. — Same size and resembles the male. 



Tclamonides is midway between the other two varieties in size. It has the fore 

 wings of Walshii, especially in the female, but the hind wings are j^roduced after 

 the manner of 3Ia)'ccllus, and it has the tail of Marcelhis, as well as the yellow 

 throat and sides of thorax and abdomen. Like Walshii it has a crimson bar, but 

 this is often broken into two spots. The frontal hairs are not wholly black and 

 are but of medium length, and the hairs of ]"»alpi are nearly yellow. 



Egg similar to that of Walshii. Duration of this state 4 to 5 days. 



Larva similar up to the second moult, after which there is a wide divergence, 

 some retaining a resemblance to Walshii, others being entirely black unrelieved by 

 any light color whatever; in others the general color is grey, with white, black 

 and yellow bands on fourth and fifth segments, and the segments after fifth crossed 

 by one yellow and two dull white strijies. At other times the color is blue-green, 

 each segment crossed by grey, yellow and clear white, the white band rejilaccd by 

 turquoise-blue. Or the color is pale green throughout, excej^t one yellow stripe on 

 each segment, the bands being blue, black and yellow. There is also a variety on 

 wliicli the black stripes are broken into points giving the larva a speckled appear- 

 ance. Duration of larval state 15 to 18 days. 



Chrysalis similar to that of Walshii, and either brown or green. Duration of 

 this state 11 to 14 days. 



