LEPIDOPTERA 



PAPILIONINA. 



Parnassius baldur — clodius. 

 behrii — sm i ntheus. 

 claiius — clodius. 

 Claudius Men. 



menetresii — Claudius. 

 nomion (Alaska.) 

 smintheus Edw. 



PAPILIONID/E. 



Swallow tail butterflies, the larvae mostly feeding on Umbelliferse, but L. phi- 

 lenor feeds on Aristolochla, P. eurymedon on Rhamnus californicus and P. ru- 

 tulus on willow, alder and apple. 

 Euplfedes troilus — Papilio. 

 Jasoniades daunus — Papilio. 



eurymedon — Papilio. yV/, 



pillumnus (not California.) //'^'' 



rutulus — Papilio. 

 Leartius arcelisaus (not California.) 



mylotes — (not California.) 



philenor (Linn.) 

 Papilio americanus Koll. 



asterias — polyxenes. 



bardii (Edw.) 



californica — zolicon. 



caladon Lucas. 



danus (not California.) 



eurymedon Boisd. 



hirsuta skin. 



indra Reak. 



machaon Linn. 



mylotes (not California.) 



pergamus — indra. 



philenor — Leartias 



polyxenes Fabr. 



rutulus Boisd. 



troilus (not California). 



zolicon Boisd. 



Figure 16. Diagram of butterfly vena- 

 tion. Dotted lines indicate veins some- 

 times absent. 



PIERID/E. 



The only family of butterflies containing highly injurious species, includes 

 the beautiful orange tipped butterflies Synchloe, the white butterflies Pontia 

 and a number of genera of yellow forms. 



SYNOPSIS OF GENERA. 



Eurymus: color yellow. Nathalis: black dash on hind edge of front wing. 

 Callydrias: without black markings. Zerene: with only a black dot at end 

 of cell in female, and nearly half the wing black in male. Eurema: black 

 band on wing not tapering at each end. 



Synchloe: wings conspicuously mottled beneath. 



Pontia. Neophasia: with distinct black mark on costa to end of cell. 

 Anthocharis angelina — Synchloe cethu- ansonia (not California). 



ra. ausonides — Synchloe. 



