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.colour of body. Colour rather light green, all the ridges light yellow. L 

 .Slmm.; B : 10 omm.; H: 8mm. ; L: of thoracic process: 9mm. 



Diagrammatic transverse sections of segments 2 to ."3. 



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Papilio teredon, 1st stage. 

 f-fabits. — Tihese are very much the same as for P. doson. The 

 ■egg is deposited singly on the top of a leaf, generally a tough 

 ■one, in a shady place in the jungles. It is of the usual type. The 

 little larva eats the egg shell and makes a seat in the centre of the 

 leaf, generally at the base, spinning copious white silk for the 

 purpose. The full grown larva is very sluggish, walks slowly and 

 haltingly and does not wander far to pupate. The change takes 

 place generally on the underside of a leaf where the larva suspends 

 itself with a strong tail-pad and a close body-string. The butter- 

 fly is probably the strongest and swiftest flying of the whole genus ; 

 it is generally seen sprinting along jungle paths or hurrying over 

 low shrubs and vip into the air over the foliage of the highest 

 trees, keeping more to the open, in the sense that it does not dive 

 amongst the undergrowth and into thick places, than an}- of the 

 other swallowtails. It frequents flowers in much the same inter- 

 .mittent, restless way as the last species and forms one of the lot 

 that visit damp sand and wet mud in the hot weather. It rests 



