BUTTERFLIES OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY 
extending from the head to a large whitish patch, mottled with’ olive 
and brown. At the end of the body is also a whitish patch. A number 
of rings are scattered over the body, especially on the anterior parts. 
In Florida, the insect is a pest to the orange, and, on account of 
the large size and voracity of the caterpillar, it is commonly known 
as the “Orange Dog.”’ It does considerable damage, especially to 
young trees, which are often completely defoliated. In the North it 
feeds on the hop-tree (/telea trifoliata). The female butterfly de- 
posits about five hundred eggs; she scatters them over a wide area, 
seldom laying more than four or five upon a single plant. 
The effect of this insect upon the hop-tree is illustrated by a group 
in the Hall of North American Forestry consisting of a branch of the 
tree with male and female butterflies, the caterpillar and the chrysalid. 
5. Zebra Swallowtail (Papilio ajax). 
A pale green species with black borders and transverse stripes; 
hind wings with a red spot at the anal angle, and with very long 
tails. Only a few specimens have been seen flying or have been 
taken in this vicinity. It is common in the Southern and Western 
States. The caterpillar lives on papaw. 
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