PAPILIONIDAE : RHODOCERIDI. 1833 



margin ; the outer margiu itself is usually margined with a pink orange flush, but not 

 so broadly nor so constantly as in the fore wing, and at the extremity of tlie nervules 

 are often seen black points. Expanse of wings, 60-66 mm. 



■ > 1 . Last stage. Head green. Body green, profusely covered with small, 



but very distinct and elevated blaclv tubercles ; a bright yellow stigmatal stripe the 

 whole length of the body bordered above by deeper green. Legs green. Before chang. 

 ing it becomes yellow and shining. Length, 47 ram. (after Sepp and Stoll'). 



Chrysalis. Uniform green, the antennae and a slender lateral line yellow, accord- 

 ing to Sepp, the whole chrysalis sometimes violet, or according to StoU', changing to 

 violet before change, when and when only little white flecks appear on the abdomen. 

 The frontal tubercle is stouter than in C. eubule and the mesonotal arch hardly so 

 strong. Length, 32.5 mm. ; the same following the middle line of the body, 35.5 mm. ; 

 height in middle, 13.5 mm. (after Sepp and StoU'). Sepp's flgures are unquestionably 

 the better. 



This butterfly is an inhabitant of tropical America, mainland and island, 

 and is not only found along our extreme southern coast, particularly in 

 southern Florida, Texas and Arizona, but occasionally wanders up the 

 Mississippi valley so as to have been taken as far north as southern Illinois . 

 Edwards, in one of his catalogues, says it occurs occasionally in Nebraska; 

 but as he afterwai'ds transfers this statement to C. agarithe, it is probable 

 that he formerly confounded the two species. 



It is probably the caterpillar and cluysalis of this species which are 

 figured by Stoll' and Sepp in the jjlaces indicated in the synonymy above. 

 The caterpillar feeds upon different kinds of Cassia, and according to Sepp 

 also on Hypericum bacciferum. Stoll' adds that it also feeds on species of 

 Citrus, but this is improbable.* The chrysalis state lasts from eight to 

 ten days. There are several broods annually, for Sepp says that the cat- 

 erpillars may be found "en diverses epoques de I'annee." 



CALLIDRYAS PHILEA. 



Papilio philea Linn., Syst. nat., ed. xii, I'apilio aricye Cram., Pap. exot., i:U7, 



i : 764 (1767). pi. 94, figs, a, b (1779). 



CaUidrijas philea 'B\M.,'Lep. exot., 92, pi. Mancipium fiigax ncfirfiMieHubn., Samml. 



35, figs. 1-4 (1S72);— Scudd.,Proc. Best. soc. exot. schmett., i (1806-19). 



nat. hist., xvii:20S (1875) ; — Edw., Trans. Colias corday 'B.uhn., yevz. bek. schmett., 



Amer. ent. soc, ix: 13-14 (1881) ;— French, 99(1816). 



Butt. east. U. S., 124 (1886). Colias hersilia Hiibn., Verz. bek. schmett., 



Catopsilia philea Kirb., Syn. cat. diuru. 99 (1816). 



Lep., 797 (1877). [Not Papilio hersilia Cramer.] 



Imago. Head tufted above with pink tipped, dark greenish brown scales and hairs. 

 Palpi above the same, but on the sides wholly yellow or orange. Antennae dark brown 

 with a castaneous tinge, the incisures and apical joint lighter, the stalk and base of 

 club flecked with pale rosy scales. Body covered above with yellow and greenish 

 yellow hairs, beneath with yellow and orange hairs and scales, the legs concolorous, 

 the tarsi luteous becoming iufuscated apically. 



Above, /ore wings either bright yellow with a greenish tinge, with a very broad and 

 large, orange, bometimes rather pale orange, subquadrangular bar or patch crossing the 



•The caterpillar and chrysalis figured by of the same plate, C. orbis, and the food plant 

 Poey in the place noted .above must be re- of the caterpillar, Cacsalpiua pulcherrima, to 

 garded as belonging only to the male butterfly be referred to the same. 



