. The papilios of Great Britain, systematically arranged, accurately engraved, and painted from nature, with the natural history of each species, from a close application to the subject, and observations made in different countries of this kingdom; as well as from breeding numbers from the egg, or caterpillar, during the last thirty years. red on the 18th. They were of a yellowifh gray colour,with black heads ; and their bodies were covered with fine fhort hairs. On the27th, they changed their fkins for the firft time, and then acquired fpines, befetwith long hairs : the colour of the caterpil
. The papilios of Great Britain, systematically arranged, accurately engraved, and painted from nature, with the natural history of each species, from a close application to the subject, and observations made in different countries of this kingdom; as well as from breeding numbers from the egg, or caterpillar, during the last thirty years. red on the 18th. They were of a yellowifh gray colour,with black heads ; and their bodies were covered with fine fhort hairs. On the27th, they changed their fkins for the firft time, and then acquired fpines, befetwith long hairs : the colour of the caterpillar was now nearly black, with a lightftripe on the back. On the 7th of July they changed their fkins a fécond time,on the 15th a third time, and on the 24th or 25th the fourth and laft fpines, which after the firft change appeared with fine- and long hairs, ac-quired fhort ftiff ones after the laft change. In a few days after the fourthchange, the caterpillars had attained their full growth: fee fig. 1. From thechry-falis, fig. 2. in the courfe of a few days I obtained the butterfly, fig. 3. The difference between the two fexes in this butterfly is fcarcely diflinguifli-able, except by the greater thicknefs of the body of the female. The under wing of this butterfly is beautifully marked with oblong filveryfpots, fig.
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