17 



TAB, IX. 

 PA PI LI O HUNT ERA. 



AMERICAN PAINTED LADY- BUTTERFLY. 



GXAI'IIALIUM ORTUSIFOLtUM. /./AX 



BLUNT LEAVE IJ &YKA LASTING. 



P*K alts ftdxinguUttf fuVuilbomgroquc variii: poCUcb TubCui Albo rctkuUlu ocdlitquc 



tluobu*. 



ftpftio Ittotoj. fW*. £**— . m/. r. 4, 10* 



I 



Fetd* upon the curtailing. One caterpillar tied illVlf up the 25lh of April, 

 changed the 201 h, fame forth a fly the tilti of Ma v. Another that did not change 

 till Uic ;th of May, came out ihc irtth. Thi* caterpillar fold* and Ipint the leave* 

 together like that of the Englilli Painlcd-I^dy. P. CardttL It continues breeding 

 during the ftimmcr, and U very commonly feen fucking up moitlure from damp 

 place* near houfc*. 



Tlii* had long been coafidfrcd at the fame fpede* with P- CrrJar, till Falriciu* leparatod 

 them, and ihcir mciamorphofrt confirm hit opinion. Jt i* one of thofe inftancc* of Ameri- 

 can mic&s like Jcvend plant* of llut country, being »*ry fimilar to ihvfc of Europe, but 

 not the fanx. 





