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distance in search of food. When disturbed or 

 frightened they are powerful leapers. I have seen 

 them jump to a height of five feet, and to a distance 

 as great. Three known species occur in North Amer- 

 ica, the other two belonging to the genus Tridactylus, 

 being nearly twice as large as E. minuta.* This 

 dwarf form ranges as far north as central Indiana, 

 where it is common. It is dark brown in color, with 

 the legs banded and thorax spotted with white. 



Fig. 41 Ajax Butterfly. 



Papilio ajax L. 



Specimens of the Ajax butterfly, before mentioned, 

 were secured to-day for the first time, and prove to be 

 the variety floridensis Holland, characterized by the 



* S. H. Scudder, Psyche, Feb., 1902, p. 309. 



