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THE BUTTERFLIES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



IFHICLIDES A J AX— The zebra swallow-taU. 



[The zebra swallow-tail (Gossc); the autumnal ajax (Abbot).] 



Papilio caudatus carolinianus Cate.'ib., 

 Nat. hi.st. Carol., ii : 100, jil. 100(1743);— 

 Eisenb.-Licht.-Knorr, Calesb. abbild.. 100. pi. 

 100 (1777). 



Papilio ajax. Linn., Syst. nat.,462 (1758);— 

 Jabl.-Herbst, Natunsyst. ins. schniett., iii:144- 

 146, pi. 42, figs. 5-6 (1788) ;— Borkh., Eur. 

 schmett., i: 112-113. 249-250 (1788); —Vill., 

 Linn, entoin., ii:2, pi. 4, fi;;. 1 (1789);— Abb., 

 Draw. ins. Geo. Brit. Mus., vi: 10, figs. 14, 15; 

 xvi:21,tab. 78 (ca. 1800) :—Pal.-Beauv., Ins. 

 Afr. Am6r. 70-71, pi. Lep. 2, figs. 2, 2 (1805); 

 —God., oncycl. mSth., ix : 19,52-53(1819);— 

 Chenu-Liic, Encycl. hist. nat.. Pap., fig. 1 

 (1853) ;— Edw., Butt. N. Am., i (1871); Can. 

 ent., vii: 233-aiO (1875); xiv: 26-28 (1882); 

 Psyche, iii; 3-C, 15-19 (1880); Am. nat., xv: 

 868-869 (1881) ;-Meld., Ann. mag. nat. hist., 

 (4), xii : 301-307 (1S73) ;— Pagenst., Verh. nat. 

 med. ver. Heidelb., u. i., i: 108-109, 111-112 

 (1874) ; — French, Kep. ins. 111., vii: 135-136 

 (1878); Butt. east. U. S., 84-80 (1886);— 

 Middl., Rep. ins. III., x: 74 (1881);— Grub., 

 Jen. zeitschr. naturw., xvii : 473-474, pi. 7, 

 tigs. 16-19 (1884) ; ibid., xviii: 881 (1884) ; Pap., 

 iv : 88, 188, pi. 2, figs. 16-19 (1884) . 



IphicUdes ajax Hiibu., Verz. bek. schmett.. 

 82(1816);- Scudd., Proc. Bost.soc. nat. hist., 

 xvi: 117-119 (1874); Am. nat., viii: 257-266 

 (1874) ; Butt., 141, 154, 169-174, 304, figs. 145- 

 147 (1881);— Meld., Ann. mag. nat. iiist., (4) 

 xiv: 239-240 (1874). 



Papilio protesilaus var. p., Liun., Mus. 

 Lud. lJlr.,200 [Aur., Lep. Mus. Ulr. reg., 30 

 (1882)] (1764). 



Papilio antilochus God., Encycl. mcth., 

 ix : 20, 55 (1819). 



Figured also by Seligm., Saraml. ausl. vogel, 

 pi. 67 (1749);— Abb., Draw. ins. Geo. Bost. 

 soc. nat. hist., Oemler coll., pi. 2; Gray coll., 

 pi. 42 (ined.) ; Glov., 111. N. A. Lep., pi. 2, fig. 1 

 (3 figs.) ; pi. 27, figs. 4, 8; pi. A, fig. 3 (ined.). 



IPniCLIDES AJ.VX MARCELLUS. 

 Tlic early spring form. 



Papilio marcellus Cram., Pap. e.\ot., ii: 4, 

 149, pi. 98, figs. F, G (1779) ;— Luc., Pap. 39- 

 40 (1838). 



Papilio ajax Smith-Abb., Lep. ins. Geo., i: 

 7-8, pi. 4 (1797) ;— Boisd.-LeC, hip. Amir. 

 sept.,4-S (1829);— Boisd., Spec. g(;n., 1:258-259 

 (1869) ;— Doubl., Arc. ent.,i : 61 (1845) ;— Dutr., 

 Stett. ent. zeit., xv: 142-143 (1854) ;— Feld., 

 Spec. Lep. hue. descr., 15, 60 (1864). 



Papilio ajax var. umlshii Edw., Butt. 

 N. A., Pa)), i (1871) ;-Mundt, Can. ent., xv: 

 87-89 (1883). 



Papilio ajax subvar. abbottii 'Edvf., Butt. 

 N. A., Pap. 1 (1S71) ;— Mundt, Can. ent., xv: 87- 

 89 (1883). 



TPHICLIDKS AJAX TELAMONIDBS. 



The late spring form. 



Papilio telanionides Feld., Spec. Lep. 

 hue. descr., 15, 59-60 (1864); Reise Nov., Lep., 

 i : 60-61 (1865). 



Papilio ajax Boisd.-LeC, LSp. am^r. sept., 

 pi. 1 (1829). 



Papilio ajaxvar. telanionides Edw., Butt. 

 N. A., i, Pap. ii (1871). 



IPHICLIDES A.JAX AJAX. 



The summer form. 



Papilio ajax Esp., Eur. schmett., iii : 2-4, pi. 

 51, fig. 1 (1777). 



Princeps heroicus ajax Hiibn., Samml. 

 exot. schmett., i, Lep. i. Pap. ii, Gent, ii, 

 Prin. A, her. a (1806-19). 



IphicUdes ajax Hiibn., Samml. exot. 

 schmett., text [unpaged] (1806-19). 



Papilio marcellus Boisd., Spec. g6n., i:2.57- 

 258(1836) ;— Boisd.-LeC, Li5p. amfir. sept., 8-11, 

 pi. 2 (1829);— Doubl., Arc. ent., i : 61 (1845);— 

 Feld., Spec. Lep. hue. descr., 1.5, .59 (1864). 



Pathysa marcellus Reak., Proc. ent. soc. 

 Philad., iii: 504 (1865). 



Papilio ajax var. marcellus Edw., Butt. 

 N. A., i.P.ap. iii:(l.S71). 



Alexander. . . . There is among the Greeks 



A lord of Trojan blood, nephew to Hector; 



They call him Ajax. 



Cressida. Good : and what of him? 



Shakespeare.— Troilus and Cressida. 

 En van perCu I'avertigueron 

 Li parpaioun que la vegu6ron. 



yiiRmo.— Mistral. 



Imago (15: 11). Head covered with straight, bristling hairs on the front, where 

 they are as long as the width of the eye, thicker and longer than on the summit of the 

 head ; they are black, excepting in a iviir of .straight, longitudinal, lateral streaks. 



