CONSPECTUS OF BUTTERFLIES. 
PAPILIONIDZE (Lracn). 
PAPILIO (Ray). 
Palpi very blunt and short, scarcely reaching the hood (ely- 
peus), the third joint wanting or very small ; antenne with more 
than thirty joints, and the clubbed tips somewhat curved, feet 
(tarsi) with distinct claws not forked; upper wings triangular, 
somewhat curved like a sickle at the outer edge; under wings 
with a pointed tail, the inner margin with a scollop to receive 
the abdomen. 
Egg not known; caterpillar without hairs, with an organ in 
the neck in form of a Y, which can be protruded or retracted at 
pleasure; chrysalis, girt with silk, angular, with two ears. 
Tue QureEN (Papilio Regine, De GrerR) appears the end of 
gMay and beginning of August. Wings three inches seven~- 
twelfths, somewhat indented; yellow with a black margin, and 
yellow crescents; the under wings with a tail, and red and blue 
eyespot. Caterpillar, smooth, pale green, with black, red-spotted 
rings, feeds on fennel and wild carrots in July and September. 
Chrysalis yellowish green. Notcommon, Kent, Norfolk, Hants, 
Cambridge. 
The scarce SwALLOw Tatu (P, Podalirius, LINN.) It is very 
doubtful whether any specimen has been found in Britain, The 
New Forest specimen proved to be P. Regine. 
GONEPTERYX (Leacn). - 
Palpi very flat, short, but longer than the head, the tip joint 
short ; antenne with less than thirty joints, short, thick, with the 
clubbed tip becoming gradually thicker; feet (¢arsi) with the 
claws short and forked; wpper wings somewhat three cornered ; 
under wings somewhat egg-wedge shaped, with a groove to re- 
ceive the abdomen. 
Egg not known; caterpillar withont hairs; chrysalis, girt 
with silk, somewhat angular, with a beak. 
Tue Primrose (Gonepterye Rhamni, LEACH) appears the 
middle of February, beginning of June, and in autumn. 
Wings two inches and a half; angular; primrose yellow in the 
Male, greenish white in the female, each with a darker spot. 
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