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THE EBULE BUTTERFLY. 

 Papilio Ebule. 



Papilio Ebulc, Shawls Nat. Mis. pi. 1018. Cramers Desc. 

 des Pap, ii. pi. 120, fig. E. F Edwards, pi. 304. 



THE whole upper surface of this butterfly is of a 

 rich yellow colour, marked along the margin with 

 black specks, and beneath by a double ferruginous 

 silvery spot. 



The caterpillar is of a rich gamboge yellow, 

 with a double row of green spots along the sides. 

 It feeds on the leaves of the dwarf cassia. 



The pupa is of a fine rose colour, having two 

 streaks of green. 



The Ebule butterfly is a native of Virginia and 

 Georgia. 



