200 ORnr.R i.rpit>ni>TF.RA. 



The generm «>f the family have tite rollonriiig clinrnctrrs : 



In I'APltio, (ho uitrhiuc sri' l<>ii|;, )<u( ilif rluli in not (bitcncU : poatcrior wuig» utfrulalo). 



In (•iiNiAPTKHlX, tbo winiT' »njrulal*<i ; •ntrntuc nhort. 



In Coi.iAN : club of the antenna not romprvMoU ; poatirior winpi ronixlcil, and coreni with Male*. 



In riRlilM, the dull of the antonna b coinpniutcd : wiiig* naki^l. 



In I'n.HTiA, the rluli l« cuiupraurtl : forpwinffpi trigonale, an<l l>uth covered with analni. 



Tht< (oLiA-t i* th«' gfniis that cotitaln.HtMir r<miiii<>n sulphuryrllow huttcrtly l-inli-rfd 

 with Mack : the Gu.mapthhix aud 1'ortia are whjtt-, uud our i'luna is urangc with a 

 hlack UmliT. 



I' a |i i 11 <» u «' s. 



I'MMMONES (Wehtwooii). EyriTKS k HELICONII ( Lis.h^cb). 



I'apiho astkhias ( Cmnier). P. trdii.is ( Dniry, Abbott k Smith). liuttrTftirt. 



AnteiiiiiP long. Heail blark, iiiarkiHl with four yellow dots; eyes I)1up : IkxIv black, 

 marked with T-ur r^wsof yejluw. Wings blark : U-nrath there is a reflection of ojive 

 gre<*u ; nervures stn>ng. Korewings markeil l«y two rows of y«ll..w sixjts. al<out eight 

 in each row : inner n>\v, the -jxits are large and triangular, with aj'ice.-* dinecte<l to- 

 wanls the ins<-rtion of the wing ; outer n>w, smaller and nearly n>und. Outer edge of 

 the wing sintttetl with pale yellow : near the anterior margin, there is a single sjwt 

 of yellow within the rows. Posterior wings tailed : upper .•side marked by a con- 

 tinuation of the yellow sjots, the inner row l>eing rounded and the outer lunate; 

 iM'twwn which rows, there is a mw of large blue sjHjts placet! In'twixt the nervures. 

 There is an eyelet u|>on the inner margin, the ring of which is orange with a black 

 centre : the hindwincsare margined like the forewings. Ik'neath,the yellow sp<jts are 

 converteti into orange, except thos«M.f the outer row u|ion the fon'wings,and some of 

 the orange si^)ts are margine<l with }ellow : the blue sj-ots have l)ecome lunate, and 

 softened into-idive-green. Expansion of wing, three to four inches. 

 The cateq>illar Is fountl in the month of June, feeding upt)n umbelliferous planta, ta 

 the parsley and cnrn't. When i>erfect, it is smooth, and of an apple-green color; each 

 segment or ring Ining marked by transverse alternating bands of black and yellow spots. 

 When first hatrh«tl, it is blark, and Imnded across the mitldle : it undergi>es a succession 

 of changes during its moulting. It has a jx-ruliar mode of defending its<'lf from the attack 

 of flies ; as when touch«Ml, it protrudes from the first segment of the NkIv a pair of orange- 

 colored honu, which exhale a disagreeable odor. The pupa is of an ochre-yellow or j>ale 

 graon. 



