B.— Ground color black with yellow markings. 



8. P. Asterius, Fabr. Wings black with two rows of macular yellow 

 bands; anal eye red with a black spot. Posteriors with blue lunules between 

 the yellow bands, larger in the S . The yellow bands in the 8 are much 

 heavier than in the g , expands two and one-half to three inches.— U. S. 



Var : asteroides, Reak. Like the above, but the 5 has the yellow bands on 

 primaries as heavy as in the £ ,size same as asterius.— U. S. 



Var : Brevicauda, Saund. Northern form of Asterius, the 5 however has 

 the yellow bands heavier than the 5 ; tails slightly shorter; size somwhat 

 smaller than Asterius. Anticosti.— New Foundland, Quebec. 



Tar : Oalverleyi, Qrote. Wings basal ground black, the outer half bright 

 vellow, inclining to orange on the posteriors, a narrow black marginal baud. 

 Size same as Asterius. Only two specimens known, one 6 taken on Long Is- 

 land, and one s in Florida. 



9. P. Americus, Roll. Closely allied to Asterius. Wings bla-rk, with wide 

 deep yellow bands, much broader in secondaries; aual eye like in Asterius. 

 The yellow bands on underside are broad st and bordered with bright orange. 

 Size same as Brevicauda. Southern California. 



10. P. Indra, Reak. Ground-color black with a band of pale yellow spots; 

 marginal spots on primaries and lunules along the margin of the secondaries 

 also pale yellow; anal eye same as in Asterius, to which it is closely allied. 



The main difference is in the body, which is perfectly black* with slight yel. 

 low markings on the anal segment, while Asterius has four rows of yellow 

 spots on the abdomen. Size of Brevicauda. Colorado, Nevada. 



11. P. Troilus, Linn. Wings black ; primaries with a marginal row of 

 pale yellow spots ; secondaries with greenish lunules along the margin, the 

 upper one partly orange, above these lunules in the male a wide green band? 

 in the 5 this band is blue ; anal spot orange ; tails broad and black. Size 3 

 to 4 inches. — U. S. 



12. P. Palamedes, Drury. Wings black with a yellow band on primaries 

 and secondaries. Along the outer edge of primaries a row of yellow spots, 

 and of secondaries a row of yellow lunules. Anal spot with a bluish cres- 

 cent, tails black with a yellow ray in the middle. Expands three and a half 

 to four inches. — Southern States. 



13. P. Chresphontes, Cram. Wings black with a yellow macular band 

 on primaries and 4 yellow lunules near the inner angle. Secondaries also 

 with a yellow band and 6 or 7 yellow lunules, the anal spot has an orange 

 crescent, blue above, tails black with a yellow spot. Expands 4 to 5 inches. 

 — Southern States. 



14. P. Philenor, Linn. Wings black with a greenish reflection, prim- 

 aries sometimes with a row of whitish spots along the outer margin. Secon- 

 daries have a row of 6 white lunules, tails black, under side of the seconda- 

 ries have 7 large bright orange lunules, surrounded with black. Expands 

 three to three and a half inches. — U. S. 



