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THE MARBLED BUTTERFLY. 



Papilio Marmorea. 

 PLATE XXXV. 



The Marmoreas, Harris Aurelian, pi. 11, fig. K. Hipparchia 

 Galathea of Latreille. 



THE upper surface of the wings are black, beauti- 

 fully marked with various shaped spots of white and 

 yellow ; there is a belt of white and black square 

 spots surrounding the posterior margins of both 

 wings, and on the lower one are two annulated eye- 

 like spots. 



The eggs of this insect are dropped separately 

 amongst grass, and are of a yellowish colour when 

 first deposited, but become afterwards of a clear 

 white. 



The caterpillar feeds on grass, and lives through 

 the winter. It gets full fed in the beginning of 

 June, and then changes into a chrysalis ; in which 

 condition it remains twenty days, when it emerges 

 the perfect butterfly. 



The female differs considerably from the male, the 

 lower wings being of a tawny orange colour. 



Although there is but little variety of colour in 

 this insect, yet it is very beautiful, and may be 



