III. 



FAMILY PAPiLlONIDAE. 



TYPICAL BUTTERFLIES. 



P!i|>ilionidos (pars) Latr.; I'apilioiiida (pars) (.'liilugiiatliiforni or luliforiii stirps Uorsf. 



Lcnoli; Papilionos(pars) Dalni.; rapilioiiidaf Sucoiiicli (pars) Boisil.; Siicciiictac Boisd. ; 



Leach: Papilioiiidi (pars) Boisd. ; Papilion- Suocincta Gerst. 



itcs (pars) Newtn.; I'apilloiiiens Blanch.- C'yliudracei scu VeruiiformcuNcwm. 



Bnllll^; Paiiilioiii Luc. Fusiformcs (pars) Guen. 

 Hi'xapodos (pars) Dahn.; Ilcxapi Guen. 



O la pill vafja iimiuisine 31a tu loinpaitiia ai zcftiri 



Doll" anima iinniortalc, Paschi e vaTlce trasvoli, 



Chi ti vest! d' iin' iride E breve gioia al caliue 



L' acroo vel doll' ale? Di mille rose iiivoli, 



Chi ti spird 1' aiiiore Ni^ ritrovar tu puoi 



L' areaiio amor del fiorc? (hi fernii i vaiiiii tuoi. 



Forse quel genio incognito Jlcnln' io delilio il iiettare 



Che il inio pensier colora? 1)1 millc irau<li in una. 



Che d'un sorriso angelico K non mi duol so 1' acre 



M' incliria oin' innamora? Sul caru ccspo imbruna. 



Che de gontil catena Clic non ell'oiido il gclo 



Alia virttl m'alTrena? Un lior oreato in cielo. 



Maffki.— ia Far/alia. 



Imago. Head rather large; front nearly square; antennae inserted in distinct pits, 

 entirely within the sides of the front, near together, not infringing on the eyes but 

 open toward theiu ; the club straight or arcuate; eyes prominent, projecting. 



I'rothoracic lobes very minute, often lamellate. Thorax moderately stout, not much 

 compressed, the upper surface considerably arched, but a little depressed above, the 

 middle of the front of the mesoscutellum projecting very sharply and to some distance 

 between the mesoscuta. the suture between the two scarcely marked by a sulcation. 

 and sometimes even dilflcult to see, the posterior curve formed In" the mesoscutum 

 and the mesoscutellum together elliptic; raetathorax very conspicuously separated 

 from the mesothorax. 



Wings varying exceedingly in shape, but the fore wings never angulated and very 

 seldom crennlate. Fore wings : costal nervnre terminating at from one-half to three- 

 quarters the distance from the ba.se to the apex of the costal margin ; subcostal nor- 

 vuro with three or four superior simple or compound branches, of which usually two 

 are thrown otl" before the tip of the cell and one inferior simple branch*, the nervnre 

 Itself reaching the border near the apex of the wing; discoidal cell closed by strong 

 veins: median nervnre with three or four branches, itself not reaching the border; 

 internal nervnre very short indeed and usually delicate. Hind wings : costal nervnre 

 terminating at or near the apex of the wing, usually sending upward from near the 



*KxtraordinarT exceptions occur in the of that subfamily a;id in some of the detail.'^ 

 Pierinae, as will be seen from the description given thereunder. 



