Spec. Char.Butterfly —expands from 3 to 3.50 inches. Wings black,cross¬ 
ed by seven, more or less distinct light greenish-yellow bands. The first 
near the body narrow, the second and fourth, broad; the third, fifth 
and sixth narrow, and only reaching a short distance from the costa, 
or front edge of fore wings. The seventh marginal and interrupted 
on the hind wings. The fourth band is notched at the costal end. 
Near the anal angle of the hind wings is a crimson space varying in 
form from two spots to a bar or a single spot. The tail to the hind 
wings is about an inch long, black, or the lower half margined with 
white. The outer margin of the hind wings dentate, the teeth edged 
with white. 
Papilio Philenor, Dru.—The Philenor Swallow-Tail. 
The larva or caterpillar of this species feeds wholly, it is said, upon 
a genus of climbing plants known to the botanist as Aristolchia. 
There are three species of this that occur with us, the Dutchman’s 
Pipe, (A siphi ), the Virginian Snake Root, (A serpentaria ), and the 
Wooly Aristolchia , (A tomentosa ), all of which are sometimes culti¬ 
vated for ornament, not so much for the flowers, for they are insignifi¬ 
cant, but because the large rich foliage makes pretty covering for 
walls or arbors, etc. Whenever these are cultivated they are liable to 
the attacks of this insect. 
The caterpillar is, when full grown, about two inches in length, of 
a velvety black color, with a slight purplish or chestnut brown tint.’ 
“It is covered with long fleshy tubercles of the same color as the body, 
and shorter orange colored tubercles, as follows : two w r hieh are brown, 
long, tapering and feeler like, springing anteriorly one from each side 
of joint 1, the two being movable, and alternately applied to the sur¬ 
face upon which the worm moves. Joint 2, with two brown tubercles, 
one springing from each side with a downward curve, and each about 
one-third those on joint 1; also, with two small dorsal wart-like 
orange tubercles. Joints 3 and 5 exactly like joint 2, but on joint 4, 
the lateral brown tubercle is replaced by a wart-like orange one. 
Joints 6, 7, 8 and 9, each with two small dorsal orange tubercles, and 
each with a lateial, elongated, pointed, brown, downwardly curved 
one, arising from the base of the prolegs. Joints 10 and 11 also with 
these lateral tubercles, but the orange dorsal ones replaced by longer, 
pointed, curved brown ones, which however often have an orange 
base. Joint 12, with two somewhat stouter dorsal, brown tubercles, 
but none at sides. Joints 7, 8, 9 and 10, each with a lateral orange 
spot just before and above the spiracles, which are sunk into the flesh 
and scarcely perceptible. Head, legs, venter and cervical shield the 
same color as the body; the venter with two tubercles on joint 5, 
which much resemble prolegs; the cervical shield, with an orange 
tiansverse spot on anterior edge from which is thrust osmaterium.”— 
Riley. 
These caterpillars occur on the vines through July and August, 
living while young in company. When full grown they fasten them¬ 
selves to a twig and change to chrysalids of the usual form of the 
