Science-gossip . 1, pi. fig. 1,pi, \. -2. nun. Light , yellow, on. blai k. Five blai ti he in. marg. counting flmart;. ; the 1st. 3rd. and 5tharc much longer than theother two. All th :p the 5th end in a point, and the flame shape thus produced < red foi eel it^ I rench name of L Fl The , with long tail. in. and ou. marg. black, , with Steel blue lunules. Near an. ang. ahlack spot with a blue centre, about it anpatch. Area of wing light yellow with central and in. marg. hlack bands. Head, thoi ibdomen, and antennae hlack. Imago. IV. \ \ 111. Larva on Primus, Querais
Science-gossip . 1, pi. fig. 1,pi, \. -2. nun. Light , yellow, on. blai k. Five blai ti he in. marg. counting flmart;. ; the 1st. 3rd. and 5tharc much longer than theother two. All th :p the 5th end in a point, and the flame shape thus produced < red foi eel it^ I rench name of L Fl The , with long tail. in. and ou. marg. black, , with Steel blue lunules. Near an. ang. ahlack spot with a blue centre, about it anpatch. Area of wing light yellow with central and in. marg. hlack bands. Head, thoi ibdomen, and antennae hlack. Imago. IV. \ \ 111. Larva on Primus, Querais, Amy imutlis and A. pessica, Beiieris vulgaris, etc., VI. and IX. II ., Europe (. and S., \. Africa, W. , Mill sides up to ah tut 2,co3ft., roads, meadows,gardens, etc. ii. var., feisthamelii Dup., Lg. pi. I., fig. 2. Inn ground colour paler, margins of wings marked with yellow. I lark markings - and more shaded along ou. marg. A distinct black crescenl m th orang patch al an. ang. Papilio Men. \ III. 11m:.. Spain, Portugal and X. and Constantine. III. VI. h. ah., sanclaeus Zell.— Sometimes larger thantype, -. with the abdomen white. An ab. of second ! I m s. Europe and Caucasus. 114 SCIENCE-GOSSIP. c. var., meigii Meig.—An intermediate form be-tween the type and feisthamelii. Hab. , France. d. var. lattcri Aust.—Much resembles feistha-mclii, but larger and paler, ? with white , N. Africa. VII., X. e. ab., undecemlineatas Eimer.—This has the 3rdblack band on f. w., divided into two on a levelwith the median nervure, the upper part enclosing awhitish streak. There are also considerable traces ofan extra black band between the 3rd and 4th near thecosta. The stripes thus appear to run more or less inpairs, recalling the figure II, hence the name. Thisseems to be a merely trivial aberration, intermediateforms occurring. Hab., Germany, Mediterranean,littoral, etc. /. var. virgatus, a smaller and lighter form, wit
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