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Description of a Canadian Butterfly, 



sects of New York, but says nothing whatever regarding its natu- 

 ral history. It is not included in Dr. Harris's Catalogue of the 

 Insects of Massachusetts. The figures of this Insect given by Cramer 

 and Say, are very erroneously coloured, that in Boisduval is better, 

 still it gives but a poor idea of the beautiful metallic lustre on 

 the hind wings. 



ON THE NGBTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS PAPILIO. 



The following pages embody such information as I have been 

 able to collect with regard to the species of Papilio inhabiting 

 North America. At the present day, all the old works on American 

 Entomology have become so scarce and valuable, that it is rare to 

 meet with a copy of any of them in this country, excepting the few, 

 too often imperfect, contained in some of our public libraries, as will 

 be presently shown. At the same time, unfortunately for the Ca- 

 nadian Entomologist, there is no modern work at all calculated 

 to fill their place, and it is much to be regretted that there is no 

 one capable of doing for Canadian Insects what Dr. Gray, in his 

 admirable " Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States," 

 has done for our Plants. 



TABLE SHOWING THE RANGE AND FOOD-PLANTS OF THE NORTH 

 AMERICAN SPECIES. 



FOOD-PLANTS OF LARVA 



P. A jax, Smith & ") 



Abbott, $ 



P. Marcellas.Cra- \ 



mer, j 



P. Sinon, Fabr.,. .., 



P. Asterias, Fabr < 



P. Calchas, Fabin 

 (Palamedes, >• 

 Cramer,) ) 



P. Troilus, Linn, < 



P. Turnus. Linn, ' 

 (Aleidamas, 

 Cramer,) 



Georgia, Virginia, Ohio (Kirtland),... 



" " " (Kirt.)Europe ? 



SoutliAmeriea,Cuba,Jamaica,Florida. 

 West Indies, Virginia, Georgia, New 

 York, Massachusetts, Ohio, &c. Up- 

 per and Lower Canada, Newfound- 

 land (Gosse), 



Georgia, Virginia, and many of the 

 Northern States, 



Jamaica, Georgia, Virginia, Mass. 

 Ohio, Canada West, 



Virginia, Georgia, Carolina, Mass., N. 

 York, Maine, Ohio, all Canada, New- 

 foundland (Gosse), 



P. Glaucus, Linn., 1 Georgia and Virginia, 



P Tcr?snhontes 1 Sonth America - W - Indies > Florida, 



Cramer ° ! .'1 | Ge ° rsia ' 0M ° ( Kirtlaud )- 



P. Villiersii,Godart Cuba, Florida, • 



Linn° lydamaS ' } j Brazil and Guiana, Cuba, Florida,... . 

 P. Philenor, Linn., Most of the Northern States, Ohio 

 (Astinous,Cramer) \ Canada West, 



Plants of the order 

 Anonacea. 



Plants of the order 



UlLBELLIFEB^:. 



Plants of the genus 

 Laueus. 



fPlants of the genus 



Pruntts. 



Liriodendron tulipi- 

 \fera (Kirtland). 

 J Ptelea trifoliata (Ab- 

 ] bot). 



TiliaAmericana,Wil- 



low, Poplar, Brown 

 I Ash (Gosse), Alder & 

 LElm. 



£ Sty race Americana, 

 I (Boisduval) . 

 ■) Plants of the genera 

 /-Citrus & Xantho- 

 ) xtlum (Kirtland). 



(Plants of the genus 



tARISTOLOCHIA. 



