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IN SECT A— BUTTERFLY 



THE SWALLOW-TAILED BUTTERFLY, 1 



Is reckoned the most superb of the British species. It is not widely diffused, 

 but occurs in the New Forest, and near Beverly and Bristol. The wings 

 are tailed, with both surfaces alike ; yellow with a brown border, in which 

 are yellow lunules ; the angle of the tail is fulvous. The larvae feed on 

 umbelliferous plants ; the caterpillar is green, bandtd with black, marked 

 with a row of red spots. There are two broods, of which the first appears in 

 May, having all the winter been in the pupa state ; the second comes forth 

 in August. 



THE PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY* 



Is a species not very common. In some seasons, these insects appear m 

 considerable numbers, and then again are not seen for several years. In 

 point of beauty, this has the highest claim of all; its wings are indented, 



1 Papilio machaon, Lin. 



2 Vanessa urticce, Lin. 



