PAPILIONINAE : PAPILK ) I'ol.VXENES. 1359 



Geographical distribution (,27:3). Tliis l)iitUTliy is wide-spread, 

 occurring tlivotiglioiit tlio Canadian, AUeglianian and Carolinian faunas 

 from the Atlantic ti) the Pacific, but is rarely found in the Rocky Moun- 

 tain region, where it is largely sujjplanted hy an allied species of the same 

 genus. It extends throughout tiie peninsula of Florida and also penetrates 

 as far south as Cuba (Gundlach) and Haiti (British Museum), but it has 

 here evidently been introduced, since in Cuba it occurs only in the vicinity 

 of Havana ((tundlach). Whether it extends into Mexico, as has been 

 asserted, or the form found there should be referred to a closely allied 

 species, is uncertain ; but if it be regarded as a mere variety of our own 

 form, the range of the s]iecies extends throughout Mexico to the hill coun- 

 try of (iuatemala, possibly to Venezuela. Northward it is not found far be- 

 yond our own border, is curiously supplanted at the east by a short-tailed form 

 found in Ncw^foundland, the Island of Anticosti and on the mainland of 

 Labrador opposite the latter. It has not been reported even from the north 

 shore of Lake Superior, although it is found at Quebec (Bowles) , Montreal 

 (Lyman, Caulfield) and is common in Wisconsin (Hoy). Farther west it 

 has been collected as far north as the Heart River Crossing in Dakota 

 (Allen) and even at Edmonton in the noi'thwest territory of Canada 

 (Geddes) . On the Pacific coast, it is found in the vicinity of San Francisco 

 (H. Edwards), and presumably, from general statements, along the entire 

 coast. According to Mead, however, it occurs Very rarely, and is also 

 rare in Colorado and New Mexico. 



It is pretty uniformly common throughout New England, although Gosse 

 did not find it at a short distance from the border of Vermont, at Comp- 

 ton. Can. 



Haunts. Cultivated fields or hilly pastures are the favorite haunts of 

 this butterfiy, which is particularly fond of flowers and of the moisture in 

 the earth ; it is therefore often seen ■ upon highways at the damp spots in 

 the ruts of the road or by the flowers thiit spring in the shrubbery which 

 follows the walls or fences. It is found at all moderate elevations, in 

 Colorado and other parts of the west not above 7500', according to Mead, 

 and according to Dr. Bean it ascends the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge 

 in North CaroHna to a height of three thousand feet (Uhlcr) . Of its 

 occurrence in Georgia, Abbot says it "is most frequent in the lower 

 parts. 



Oviposition. The eggs are laid singly, usually, in my experience, on 

 the upper surface of the finely cut leaves of umbelliferous plants, never 

 more than one on a leaflet ; but iliss Guild says she has always found 

 them on the under surface, and others have said that many are often laid on 

 adjoining leaflets so closely as almost to form a cluster. I have never seen 

 anything like this, and think it only probable in confinement or some 

 special circumstances ; they are generally attached either to the midrib or 



