PAPILIO II. 
AJAX.— Vab. TELAMONIDES, Felder. 
Primaries more produced than in var. Walshii; costa more arched; hind 
margin in male more excavated, in female convex; tail longer and broader; thorax 
covered with long hairs ; frontal hairs of medium length. 
Male. — Expands from 2.8 to 3.2 inches. 
Similar in color and disposition of bands and markings to Walshii; the tail 
not merely tipped with yellow, but bordered on either side from half to two-thirds 
the distance from tip to base, the extreme edges, except at tip, being black; the 
crimson bar narrower, often bilobed, and occasionally broken into two spots; the 
four marginal lunules usually distinct. 
Body above as in Walshii, but beneath much less black, the collar being yel- 
low and the yellow lateral stripes broad and bright; palpi yellow, the hairs at 
extremity tipped with black ; frontal hairs black, very slightly interspersed with 
yellow at base next the eyes, shorter than in Walshii ; antennae reddish, club same, 
reddish-brown beneath. 
Female. — Same size and resembles the male. 
Telamonides is midway between the other two varieties in size. It has the fore 
wings of Walshii, especially in the female, but the hind wings are produced after 
the manner of Marcellus, and it has the tail of Marcellus, as well as the yellow 
throat and sides of thorax and abdomen. Like Walshii it has a crimson bar, but 
this is often broken into two spots. The frontal hairs are not wholly black and 
are but of medium length, and the hairs of palpi are nearly yellow. 
Egg similar to that of Walshii. Duration of this state 4 to 5 days. 
Larva similar up to the second moult, after which there is a wide divergence, 
some retaining a resemblance to Walshii, others being entirely black unrelieved by 
any light color whatever; in others the general color is grey, with white, black 
and yellow bands on fourth and fifth segments, and the segments after fifth crossed 
by one yellow and two dull white stripes. At other times the color is blue-green, 
each segment crossed by grey, yellow and clear white, the white band replaced by 
turquoise-blue. Or the color is pale green throughout, except one yellow stripe on 
each segment, the bands being blue, black and yellow. There is also a variety on 
which the black stripes are broken into points giving the larva a speckled appear- 
ance. Duration of larval state 15 to 18 days. 
Chrysalis similar to that of Walshii, and either brown or green. Duration of 
this state 11 to 14 days. 
