■rufbijdt] SOME FAMILIAR BUTTERFLIES 00 



southern N land, where it is very rare. w« .nth, over 



the entire country to the foot-hills of the Rocky Mountain h 

 is very common in the lower Appalachian region, and m southern 

 Ohio, Indian. Kentucky, and Tennessee is especially abundant." 



The big "Tiger Swallow-tail" (Papilio lurnus), the brilliant 



yellow butterfly, so conspicuously marked with black, is too 

 known to require either description or a figure; it has been locally 

 called the "lordly Turnus." There is a black form of the female 

 which occurs in the southern part of its range, and which was. for a 

 long time, regarded as a distinct species. Then in Sitka, 



a small, yellow, dwarf form, and specimens of this are to be found in 

 private and museum collections. 



A much handsomer and very much larger butterfly than the 

 Tiger Swallow-tail is the Daunus (P. daunus), which is found in 

 many parts of the Rocky Mountains, being especially abundant in 

 certain parts of Arizona. It closely resembles in general appear- 

 ance P. turnus, but may at once be recognized by its larger size and 

 the fact that it has two "tails" on either posterior wing — an outer 

 long one and a shorter inner one — instead of the single one on 

 either wing as in Turnus. In the small P. pilumnus, there are 

 three "tails" on either side, which gives this butterfly a very elegant 

 appearance. It is a Mexican species (feeding on laurel lea\ 

 its early stages), but has been taken in Arizona. 



The list of our Swallow-tails and their near allies is a long one, 

 and it will be quite out of the question to even mention them all by 

 name here ; but I cannot finish with them without at least calling 

 attention to the familiar black one, here shown on page 254, which 

 is a male of this species (P. troilus). Besides occurring throughout 

 the Atlantic States, this handsome butterfly is to be found in 

 certain localities down the Mississippi River. I recall having taken 

 it once or twice in the environs of New Orleans, while I have cap- 

 tured scores of specimens of it in the New England and Middle 

 States, where also occurs the beautiful "Pipe-vine Swallow-tail" 

 (P. philenor). 



Fine specimens of the Monarch butterfly are here shown on page 

 258, they being a pair I captured upon some Goldenrod at Bradley 

 Hills, (Edgemoor), Maryland, a number of years ago. This species 

 is the Anosia plexippus of science, and is so well known as not to 

 require any special description. Its general color is of a lively 

 reddish, set off with black markings and venations. Rows of 



