PAPILIONID^. 



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The caterpillar is easily reared in captivity, the chrysalis, if found 

 in the autumn, remaining unchanged until the spring. 



It is wood brown and has two ear-like projections on the anterior 

 end. It is suspended by its posterior end, with a silken girdle about 



Papilio palainedes. 



its body, frequently in an u[)right position, and from a twig or 

 branch. The butter% is frequently seen in clover fields, where it 

 may be closely approached as it thrusts its tongue into the tiu}^ blos- 

 soms composing the heads of clover. 



Specimens vary a good deal in size, but are surprisingly uniform 

 in color, and among hundreds of specimens one will rarely find an 

 insect showing great variation from the prevailing tints. The sexes, 

 too, except for size, the females usually being the larger, are mucli 

 alike. 



Papilio palamedes is another grand butterfly. It inhabits Florida 



