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Parallel with the outer margin of the fore wings there 

 is a row of more or less distinct spots running from the 

 posterior angle half-way to the apex ; on the hind wings 

 are six whitish spots between the venules ; the one before 

 the anal ocellus very small. Tail about .3 of an inch. 



On the under side the marginal spots on the fore wings 

 are more distinct, as are also the yellowish crescents in 



FIG. 11. 



Papilio Philonor (natural size). 



the fringe. The metallic sheen of the hind wings occu- 

 pies the outer half of the wing, and contains a crescent 

 of seven orange spots, each bordered with white on its 

 costal side, and more or less completely with black the 

 rest of the way. 



The egg is spherical, the surface much covered with a 

 rough crust, which rises to a summit, either small and 



