. The papilios of Great Britain : systematically arranged, accurately engraved, and painted from nature with the natural history of each species .... afily are two broods of thefe flies in the fummer: the firfl appears on thewing the beginning of May, from the chryfalides that have remained throughthe winter; and the fecond is on the wing in July. The caterpillars fromthefe are at their full growth, as at fig. i, the end of September. They thenfeek a fheker againft walls, pales, or fuch places; fix themfelves with a bandround the middle, and by the tail, in order to their
. The papilios of Great Britain : systematically arranged, accurately engraved, and painted from nature with the natural history of each species .... afily are two broods of thefe flies in the fummer: the firfl appears on thewing the beginning of May, from the chryfalides that have remained throughthe winter; and the fecond is on the wing in July. The caterpillars fromthefe are at their full growth, as at fig. i, the end of September. They thenfeek a fheker againft walls, pales, or fuch places; fix themfelves with a bandround the middle, and by the tail, in order to their metamorphofis -, and in adays time the chryfalis is perfeft, as at fig. 1. In this flate they remain allthe winter, till the middle of May, when the butterfly comes forth. It isworthy of notice, that the butterflies bred in fummer are but fourteen days inchryfalis, and that the later bred caterpillars lie many months in that fliate,namely, from September till May. The male differs from the female in thefpots on the wings, and is of a purer white colour: fee fig. 3. The female isreprefented at fig. 4; and the under parts are feen at fig. 5. 26-.
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