EASTERN UNITED STATES. IQl 



markings. Head above pinkish brown. In about 



seven days it changes to a chrysalis. This is 1.4 inches 



long ; cylindrical, thickest at the fifth 



and sixth segments, and tapering rap- ^^o. 19. 



idly to the last ; shaped as in Fig. 19. 



Color variable. Some examples light 



or wood-brown striped with dark 



brown ; others very dark, either brown 



or blackish ; some with a few broken 



stripes of green. „ .,. ,^ 



li o ^ Papilio Turnus, pupa. 



The larv8B feed on a great variety 

 of trees, — apple, quince, thorn, plum, cherry, birch, bass- 

 wood, ash, alder, oak, sassafras, catalpa, willow, and tulip- 

 tree being given. The eggs are deposited singly on the 

 leaves, and hatch in a little less than two weeks. The 

 mature larvae rest on the upper side of the leaf, covering 

 it with silk and curving it up so as partially to enclose 

 itself. 



Atlantic States ; Mississippi Valley to Texas. 



7. Papilio Cresphontes, Cram. 



Expanse of wings from 4 to 5.25 inches. 



Wings above olive-black, crossed by two rows of prom- 

 inent yellow spots. One row begins at the apex of the 

 fore wings and extends across the hind wings near the 

 base, the part on the hind wings being a band reaching 

 from costa to inner margin. The second row begins on 

 the costa above the end of the cell, extends outward till 

 it meets the first row, the third spots of each row coa- 

 lescing ; opposite the sixth spot of the first row it is re- 

 newed, and extends in three spots to the posterior angle. 

 From the apex of the hind wings it is continued to th** 



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