. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. NATURAL mSTOEY. then soaring out of sight with equal suddenness. All tliese large Butterflies appear to have a very lofty and powerful flight, and the difficulty of obtaining them is frequently the chief tause of their rarity in collections. The commonest of tlie European Swallow-tails, and the only one found in England, is Papilio machaon. It is a sulphur-yellow Butterfly, with hlack markings, and borders to the fore wings. The hind wings are tailed, and their dark encloses a row of large bluish .spots, and there is a large red sp
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. NATURAL mSTOEY. then soaring out of sight with equal suddenness. All tliese large Butterflies appear to have a very lofty and powerful flight, and the difficulty of obtaining them is frequently the chief tause of their rarity in collections. The commonest of tlie European Swallow-tails, and the only one found in England, is Papilio machaon. It is a sulphur-yellow Butterfly, with hlack markings, and borders to the fore wings. The hind wings are tailed, and their dark encloses a row of large bluish .spots, and there is a large red spot o ^ -^^^^^^^^^ at the anal angle. The cater- illar is green, with black stripes spotted with orange on tl\e sides, and feeds on various umbelliferous jdants, includ- ing the common carrot. In England this Butterfly is confined to the fenny districts in the east, but on the Con- tinent it is quite a common .species in gardens, clover- fields, and woods. Many East Indian or African species are black. spotted or banded with green, and several of the latter feed on the orange-tree ; but a far more remarkable African But- terfly is P. merope. The male is a cic-iui-cokmred Butterfly, with black borders to the fcm- « in-s, muiked with a pale spot near the tip. The hind wings are tailed, and marked with a more oi li s^ comnctcd row of black spots ; but the females are all tailless, and have no resemblance whatever to the male in either shape or colour, but resemble various African species of One female is black, with ochreous spots and mark- ings : another is Idack, with a very broad white band across the hind wings (sometimes extending nearly to the base), and continued on the inner margin of the fore wings. There is also a broad white hansverse band towards the tip of the fore wings, and several smaller white spots. Another female is similar to this, l>ut the pale markings are deep ochreous-yellow, the hind wings being wholly of this colour, except a black border. I
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