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DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



No. 1, — Papillio Ajax. — Successive broods appear from 

 May till October. The perfect insect is occasionally met 

 with several miles distant from any locality of the Pawpaw 

 bush, on which its larva feeds, and it is frequently found 

 reconnoitering the blossoms of the red clover, from which 

 it collects sustenance. At other times the female may be 

 observed rapidly passing from one bush to another of the 

 Pawpaw, depositing her eggs upon the leaves. One only is 

 usually laid upon a single leaf. Its motions are rapid but 

 very unsteady. The entomologist will not easily capture it 

 except at the moment it is either collecting food or depos- 

 iting its eggs. 



In the Arcana Entomologica, Mr. Westwood, on the 

 authority of the late Mr. Doubleday, limits the locality of 

 this species to Florida. It is far from unknown in all parts 

 of Ohio where the favorite food of its larva is found. 



No. 2. — P. Marcellus. — The perfect insect resembles, 

 somewhat, the proceeding, but has only one red spot on 

 the inner margin of the posterior wing, while the other has 

 two. Its form is handsomer and more elongate, and while 



