414 Desertion of a Canadian Butterfly, 



P. Turnus, .... .Upper side banded with black ; a row of blue lunules 

 on the posterior wings, and fulvous lunule at the 

 anal angle. 



SYNOPSIS OF THE LARV^I. 



A. Without Spines. 



a. Cylindrical (nearly the same size throughout). 

 m Marked with transverse bands. 



P. Asterias,. ...Larva apple-green; each segment with a transverse 

 black band, interrupted with orange spots. It very 

 much resembles that of the European P. Machaon. 

 «,* Colours distributed in blotches. 



P. Thoas, Larva brown, marked with three large patches of 



white. 

 Mt Marked with ocellated spots. 



P. Polydamas,. .Larva brown, streaked with red; upon each segment 

 4 yellowish ocellated spots, having the anterior 

 part red. Tentacles brown. 



P. Villiersii, . . .Larva ? 



b. 3rd and 4th Segments much thicker than the rest. 



m 3rd or 4th Segment with transverse bands of various 

 colors. 



P. Ajax, Larva apple-green ; at the juncture of the 3rd and 4th 



segment, a tri-color band, pale blue, dark blue and 

 yellow.^ 



P. Marcellus, . . Larva whitish with transverse yellow bands and violet 

 lines. On the 3rd segment two bands, white and 

 black. 



P. Sinon, Larva ? 



„„ 3rd Segment with ocellated spots. 

 ^_ Under side of the body of a different color from the 

 upper. 



P. Calchas,. . . .Larva apple-green on the back and sides, with the un- 

 der side and legs red, the two colors separated by a 

 marginal yellow line. Head reddish-yellow with a 

 black colar. Iris of the ocellus flesh color, pupil 

 blue. Upon the 4th segment a flesh-colored spot. 



P. Troiltts, Larva green above, flesh color underneath ; a yellow 



line separating the two colors. Head Jlesh color 

 with a black colar. Iris of the ocellus flesh color 

 pupil blue. Upon the 4th segment two flesh-colored 

 spots. 

 ^_ ^_ Color uniform or nearly so. 



P. Glaucus, . . . .Larva apple-green. Head brown with a yellow colar ; 

 ocellus with yellow iris and a single blue pupil. 

 Between the 5th and 6th segments a double trans- 

 verse band, yellow and black. 



