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A LIST OF THE BUTTERFLIES TAKEN IN THE VICINITY OF ORMOND, 

 FLORIDA, IN MARCH AND APRIL, 1899. 



I left Ormond on April llth, before many of the 

 spring forms of butterflies had changed from the lar- 

 val and chrysalis stages in which they pass the dryer 

 months. The species of Thecla and Pamphila, which 

 comprise a large portion of the butterfly fauna of any 

 region, were just beginning to appear, and many 

 others, doubtless belated by the frosts and cold days 

 of that season, were being called into active imago 

 life, just about the time I was leaving. As a conse- 

 quence, representatives of only 27 species were taken, 

 though a number of others were seen but not cap- 

 tured. To Dr. Henry Skinner, of Philadelphia, I 

 am under obligations for verifying the species of 

 Nisoniades and several other of the smaller forms. 

 Those taken were as follows : 



1. Papilio ajax floridensis Holland. The Zebra 



Swallow-tail. Quite frequent in the more 

 open forests after March 15th. This form 

 is said by Holland to be "prevalent in the 

 spring on the St. John's River." 



2. Papilio troilus L. The Green-clouded Swallow- 



tail. Common from March 6th on, about 

 flowers in the yards, and along the roadsides. 

 Ranges throughout the Atlantic and Gulf 

 States and Mississippi Valley. 



3. Papilio palamedes Drury. The Southern Swal- 



