BUTTERFLIES OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY 
Synopsts of the Papilionine. 
With very long tails. 
Pale green, with black borders and stripes......... Papilio ajax, 
With short tails. 
Ground color black. 
With bluish or greenish reflection............. P. philenor. 
With bands composed of yellow spots.......... P. asterias. 
With hind wings very thickly clouded with green 
scales (male) or blue scales (female)........ P. troilus. 
With yellowish spots and broad band at base of 
eg Ey Ope ae ee P. cresphontes. 
Ground color yellow, 
With black bands and stripes............... ...P. turnus. 
Ground color sooty brown, 
With black bands and stripes... . ... P. turnus, var. glaucus. 
1. Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio turnus). 
This butterfly inhabits all sections of the United States and Can- 
ada from the Atlantic coast to the Rocky mountains. Inthe Vicinity 
of New York it is common and double-brooded, the first brood ap- 
pearing in the latter part of May and June, and the second in July 
and August. The butterfly is yellow with transverse black bands. 
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