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Description of a Canadian Butterfly, 



ARTICLE XXXIII. — Description of a Canadian Butterfly, and 

 some remarks on the Genus Papilio. 



In the August number of this magazine, appeared a letter from 

 Charles J. Bethune, Esq., of Cobourg, C.W., communicating the 

 interesting fact of the occurrence of Papilio Philenor in great 

 numbers at West Flamboro' and Toronto, between the 7th and 

 18th of last June. We subjoin a description of this insect, which 

 is the fourth species of the Genus Papilio now known to inhabit 

 Canada ; and as seven occur in Ohio, there appears no reason why 

 some additional species should not turn up in the more southern 

 portions of the Upper Province. We therefore give synoptical 

 tables of all the North American species described in Boisduval 

 and Leconte, aud which we hope will enable any collector to 



name his specimens, either of the Larvae or Perfect Insects, at a 

 glance. 



GENUS PAPILIO. 



Species 4— P. Philenor, Linn. 



a The Larva. b The Pupa. 



Papilio Philenor, Linnaeus, Mantissa, p. 535, 1771. 



" " Fabricius, Systema Entomologise, p. 445, No. 12, 



1775, &c. 

 « « Herbst, Pap., tab. XIX, /. 2-3, 1785— 1806. 



« « Smith and Abbott, the Nat. Hist. Lepid. Ins. of 



Georg., Vol. 1, p. 5, tab. Ill, 1798. 

 " " Godart, Encyclop. Method, Ins., tab. IX, part 1, p 



40, No. 47, 1819—1821. 

 " " Say, American Entomology, Yol. 1, tab. 1, 1824. 



" " Boisduval et Leconte, Ico., &c, des Lepid., &c. 



de l'Amer. Sept., t. 1, p. 29, pi. XI, 1833. 

 " Astinous, Drury, Ins. I, tab. II, f. 1 — 4, 1775. 

 " " Cramer, Pap. XVIII, p. 26, pi. CCVIII, fig. a. b., 



1770—1791. 



