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PAPILIO VII. 



PAPILIO OREGOXIA, 1—4. 



PapiUo Ilippocralfs, Viir. Oregonia, S, Edwards, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. V., p. 208, 1876. 



Pi:i.M.\i;iEs iiuK-li produced, co.stal margin .strongly arched, liiud margin .straight 

 or concave ; tails long, narrow, and as in ZoUcaon ; the sexe.s alike in color and 

 markings. 



Male. — JLxpands from 3. -I to 4 inches. 



Upper side of primaries black, marked and spotted with luiglit yellow; of 

 .secondaries, briglit yellow from base to marginal border ; primaries have a .sub- 

 marginal row of eight spots, equal, mostly rounded, and a discal series of eight 

 which form a transverse band ; above them a long patcli of yellow scales, and 

 a little within this, towards base, a subovate spot, truncated on apical side ; the 

 first discal spot is deeply and roinidly excavated on anterior side ; the .second is a 

 little shorter than first, and third still shorter, after which there is a gradual in- 

 crea,se in length, to the seventh, which is broad and sub-rectangular ; the eighth 

 is narrow and marginal ; at the extremity of cell within is a sub-lunate trans- 

 verse yellow spot and a broader one in the middle, of irregular shape, the two 

 ])eing separated by a black space ; the ba.sal area thickly dusted with yellow 

 scales. 



Secondaries have a broad black marginal border, which incloses a series of six 

 yellow lunular spots, the first, at outer angle, small; above these spots are clu,s- 

 ters of blue scales, never distinct, sometimes nearly all wanting ; the inner mar- 

 gin border(!d with black, sometimes to median nervure, but in otlier cases very 

 narrowly ; the anal spot small, yellow below, fulvous above, with a rounded black 

 spot in the middle and which is connected with the narrow black edge of the 

 margin ; above the fulvous is a distinct blue crescent; tails of moderate length, 

 narrow ; fringes black, yellow in the interspaces. 



On the vmder side, the larger part of the marginal border of primaries is oc- 

 cupied by a yellow band, and the remainder includes a nebulous stripe of dull 



