BUTTERFLIES OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY 



I to a large whitish patch, mottled with olive 

 brown. At: if the body i whitish] 



QterioT p 

 In Florida, the inse ad, on account of 



the large size and voracity < kterpillar, it is commonly known 



the "Orange Dog." It does considerable damage, especially to 

 ng trees, which ai completely defoliated. In the North it 



feeds on the hop-tree [Ptelea trifoliatd). The female butt 

 posits about five hundred eggs; ver a w. 



seldom laying more than tour or rive upon a single plant. 



The effect of this insect upon the hop-tree is illustrate :roup 



in the Hall of North American Forestry consisting ot a branch of the 

 tree with male and female butterflies, the caterpillar and the chrysalid. 



5. Zebra Swallowtail 



A pale gre' 

 hind wings with a red spot at the I with very long 



tails. Only a 

 taken in this vicinit 



The caterpillar 



