. The papilios of Great Britain : systematically arranged, accurately engraved, and painted from nature with the natural history of each species .... n their form, and at firft fight appear like woodlice, lying flaton a leaf or twig, without the leafl: fign of feet; and when they travel, theirmotion is more like that of a Aug than that of a caterpillar. They arrive at theirfull growth, as at fig. i, the firft week in June; and prepare for their meta-morphofis by fixing themfelves to a (lender branch, or twig, of the bufh theyare on, with a web round the middle, and by the tail. In a fliort tim
. The papilios of Great Britain : systematically arranged, accurately engraved, and painted from nature with the natural history of each species .... n their form, and at firft fight appear like woodlice, lying flaton a leaf or twig, without the leafl: fign of feet; and when they travel, theirmotion is more like that of a Aug than that of a caterpillar. They arrive at theirfull growth, as at fig. i, the firft week in June; and prepare for their meta-morphofis by fixing themfelves to a (lender branch, or twig, of the bufh theyare on, with a web round the middle, and by the tail. In a fliort time after-wards the chryfalis is perfeft, as at fig. 2. The middle of Auguft afterwardsthe male butterfly comes forth, and appears on the wing, as at fig. 3. Thefemale is nearly fourteen days longer before it comes from the chryfalis, feefig. 4; and for the under parts fig. 5. This infefl is very far from common;but the fly may be taken on the tops of hedges, and particularly on the mapletree, on which it delights to fetde. The butterflies of this feclion are named hair-ftreaks from the fine line ofwhite crofiing the wings on the under fide. .;2.
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