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seven specimens of glyccTiuiiiP In the fall of the year this butterfly 

 is of frequent occurrence around persimmon trees, attracted by the 

 sweet of the cracked and ripened fruit. Later in the season it con- 

 gregates in small bevies around willows, collecting on wounded parts 

 of the boughs, where the sap is exuding; and such congregations are 

 usual!}'' accompanied by a few Grajytas. The flight of Paphia is 

 swift and strong, and specimens are difficult to capture. They rest 

 suddenly, and then the leaf-like form and protective coloring of the 

 fast-closed wings effectually screen them from sight. Faded, and 

 often dilapidated, specimens may be seen flying, on warm days, early 

 in the month of April. 



NATURAL ENEMIES. 



I have, on several occasions, found the newly hatched larva stiff 

 and dead — apparently ichneumonized. The Spotted Ladybird (7/^^- 

 podamia maoulata^ Rep. 1, Fig. 49) is abundant in 

 all stages on Croton^ and probably feeds on the 

 eggs and young larvae of Paphia, as well as 

 upon a pale Aphis commonly found on the plant. 

 In the breeding cage I have also had the eggs de- 

 stroyed by Syrphus larvas, while several insecti- 

 vorous wasps, and notably the Painted-wing 

 Digger-wasp, {Ammophila pictipennis Walsh, 

 ^ Fig. 73), are constantly seen exploring the Paphia- 

 inhabited plants. But the most persistent of the enemies is the self- 

 same Tachina archippivora, (Rep. 3, p. 150), which infests Danais 

 Arehipjnis, and which I have bred quite numerously from late speci- 

 mens of Paphia — the parasites issuing from their victims, sometimes 

 while these are in the larva, but more often after they have assumed 

 the chrysalis state ; then entering the ground and issuing as flies early 

 the following spring. 



