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THE CLOUDED YELLOW BUTTERFLY. FEMALE. 



Papilio Hyale. BRITAIN. 



PLATE XIX. 



Papilio Hyale, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 764, n. 100. Fat. So. 

 1040. Donovan's Brit, Ins. pi. 238. 



THE Hyale Butterfly extends two inches and a 

 quarter from the tips of the wings ; the antenna? are 

 short ; the head, throat, and abdomen are of a brownish 

 yellow ; the superior wings are of a yellow orange ; 

 on the upper wings, a black, on the lower, an orange 

 spot in the centre, and a deep irregular border of 

 black on the margin. The female has a row of yellow 

 or white spots in the centre of the border, which 

 in both sexes is fringed. 



This insect has been described by several authors, 

 English as well as foreign, and the naturalists of 

 Germany have generally noticed it. In Britain, 

 insects of this order seem to be, in general, peculiar 

 to our country ; but the Clouded Yellow Butterfly 

 appears to be found in almost every part of Europe, 

 and is said to abound also in Africa and America, 

 differing a little, of course, with the locality. 



