SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES. 



Papilio Ajax. — The clirysalids mentioned in the text as having passed over 

 the winter of 1871 — 2, commenced yielding imagos in February and continued till 

 12th April, with the following results: 



From 1st and 2nd brood Wahhii — 2s, 2 J, Telamonldes, lS,Marcelhis. 



From Walsliii of 23rd ]\Iay — 7(?, 2?, Telamonldes, 1?, Marcellus. 



From Telamonldes of 27th May — 1 $, 3?, Telamonldes. 



From Telamonldes of 28th ]\Iay — Zs, 3$, Telamonldes. 



From Ilarccllus of 1st and 4th June — 13 1?, 23?, Telamonldes, 3?, Marcellus. 



From Marcellus of 29th July — 14 c?, 13 2, Telamonldes. 



Total 46(?, 46?, Telamonldes, 1<?, 4?, Marcellus, and no Walsh 11. 



Nevertheless, between the 11th of April and 1st of May, Walshll was exceed- 

 ingly abundant on the wing, and up to 29th of April, Mr. Mead, who was with me, 

 had taken 63 S2)ecimens, while he had taken or seen but one Telamonldes. Soon 

 after 1st of May, the latter variety appeared iu small numbers, too early evidently 

 to have sjirung from Walshll of this year. By 25th of May, Telamonldes suddenly 

 appeared in such force as to make it certain that they had now begun to come from 

 the larvae produced from eggs of Walshll. But why not one of nearly one hun- 

 dred clirysalids, from so many broods of 1871, and of all the varieties, should yield 

 Walshll, while out of doors this variety was so abundant and for weeks the only 

 one flying, is surprising. The same thing had hapj^ened with chrysalids carried 

 over the winter of 1868 — 9, when of 32 imagos but one was Walshll. As the clirys- 

 alids were kept iu the house and the imagos emerged prematurely, some of them 

 by several weeks, owing to the warm temperature, it is possible that the artificial 

 acceleration may have had to do with producing the later varieties at the ex- 

 pense of the earlier, or Walshll. 



Neophasia MENiiPiA. — The figure given on the plate as the female is erro- 

 neous. Until quite lately the two sexes were sujiposed to be similar, but specimens 

 taken on San Juan Island by Dr. Bremner, show a wide difference. 



Fejiale. — Size of male. Color yellowish or soiled white ; the black a2iical 

 patch enlarged, the five enclosed spots being yellowish; costal stri2ie as in male; 

 secondaries have a broad black border enclosing on the margin a series of separated, 

 rounded yellowish sjiots that occupy the interspaces from outer angle to lower 



