. Economic entomology for the farmer and the fruit grower, and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges; . Fapilio iis/riias, male. P. asterias, a black " swallow-tail," expanding between two and three inches, the hind wings tailed and excavated on the inner margin, so that the abdomen is free, not enfolded in a groove. The male is somewhat smaller than the female, and has a diag- onal row of yellow spots crossing the fore-wings outwardly and the hind wings nearly across the centre. Near the outer margin of both wings there is a row of yellow, lunate spots, and at
. Economic entomology for the farmer and the fruit grower, and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges; . Fapilio iis/riias, male. P. asterias, a black " swallow-tail," expanding between two and three inches, the hind wings tailed and excavated on the inner margin, so that the abdomen is free, not enfolded in a groove. The male is somewhat smaller than the female, and has a diag- onal row of yellow spots crossing the fore-wings outwardly and the hind wings nearly across the centre. Near the outer margin of both wings there is a row of yellow, lunate spots, and at the inner angle of the hind wings is a peculiar, eye-like spot, just at the margin. The female has the inner row of yellow spots very much reduced, sometimes altogether wanting, but on the hind wings the space between the faint series of yellow spots and the outer lunules is beautifully powdered with metallic blue scales. These butterflies lay their eggs on carrots, parsley, and other plants of the same natural family, and from them hatch bright
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