These 2 _Marcellus_ were pale coloured, the light parts a dirty white;
the submarginal lunules on hind wings were only two in number and
small; at the anal angle was one large and one small red spot; the
frontal hairs were very short. The first, or intermediate female, was
also pale black, but the light parts were more green and less sordid;
there were 3 large lunules; the anal red spot was double and connected,
as in _Telamonides_; the frontal hairs short, as in _Marcellus_. These
are the most salient points for comparing the several forms of _Ajax_.
In nature, there is much difference in shape between _Marcellus_ and
_Telamonides_, still more between _Marcellus_ and _Walshii_; and the
latter may be distinguished from the other winter forms by the white
tips of the tails. It is also smaller, and the anal spot is larger,
with a broad white edging.
From lot No. 2, twenty days, came:--
1 female _Marcellus_, with single red spot.
1 female between _Marcellus_ and _Telamonides_; general coloration
pale; the lunules all obsolescent; 2 large red anal spots not
connected; frontal hairs medium length, as in _Telamonides_.
1 female between _Marcellus_ and _Telamonides_; colour bright and
clear; 3 lunules; 2 large red spots; frontal hairs short.
1 female _Telamonides_; colours black and green; 4 lunules; a large
double and connected red spot; frontal hairs medium.
2 female _Telamonides_; colours like last; 3 and 4 lunules; 2 large
red spots; frontal hairs medium.
From lot No. 3, twenty-five days, came:--
1 male _Telamonides_; clear colours; 4 large lunules; 1 large, 1
small red spot; frontal hairs long.
1 female _Telamonides_; medium colours; 4 lunules; large double
connected red spot; frontal hairs long.
In general shape all were _Marcellus_, the wings produced, the tails
long.
From this it appeared that those exposed twenty-five days were fully
changed; of those exposed twenty days, 3 were fully, 2 partly, 1 not at
all; and of those exposed fourteen days, 1 partly, 2 not at all.
The butterflies from this lot of 104 chrysalides, but which had not
been iced, were put in papers. Taking 6 males and 6 females from the
papers just as they came to hand, Mr. Edwards set them, and compared
them with the iced examples.
Of the 6 males, 4 had 1 red anal spot only, 2 had 1 large 1 small; 4
had 2 green lunules on the hind wings, 2 had 3, and in these last
there was a 4th obsolescent, at outer angle; all had short frontal
hairs.
Of the 6 females, 5 had but 1 red spot, 1 had 1 large 1 small spot; 5
had 2 lunules only, 1 had 3; all had short frontal hairs.
Comparing 6 of the females from the iced chrysalides, being those in
which a change had more or less occurred, with the 6 females not iced:
1. All the former had the colours more intense, the black deeper,
the light, green.
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