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15. The orange-yellow and -white Butt erf y (p) is frequent in warm 

 fhady vales in May and June. The head, antennae, and body, 

 are of a lead-colour ; the upper wings white to the middle, fuc- 

 ceeded by a beautiful bright orange on both fides to the margin, 

 which is decorated with an olive-green and white, alternately. 

 The under wings are white above, and elegantly marbled and 

 variegated underneath with a fea-green and white. It is one of 

 our firfl Butterfjf-v'ifitunts in the fpring, making its appearance in 

 May. 



16. The frnzUJky-blue Butterfly (q) ufually appears in the latter 

 end of May, or beginning of June y in warm vales. It is a beauti- 

 ful infecl:, of a nimble wing. The head, antennae, and body 

 are a dark grey ; the wings externally a fky-blue, edged with a 

 narrow white fringe ; and adorned underneath with numerous 

 little eyes, black, circled with white, variegated near the mar- 

 gin with fpots of orange, on a bright olive-ground. 



(p) Papilio minor alba, alls exterioribus albis macula infigni crocea fplendentibus, infc- 

 rioribus fuperne albis, fubtus viridi colore variegatis. Raj. Inf. p. 115. n. 6. Papilio al- 

 bus fubtus viridi colore marmoreatus f. maculis croceis ornatus. Petiv. Muf. p. 33. n. 306. 

 Papilio hexapus ; alis rotundatis integerrimis ; fecundariis viridi-nebulofis ; primoribus lu- 

 nula nigra. Linn. faun. Suec. p. 245. n. 801. AURORA, ibid. 



f 



(q) Papilio parva, alis fuperne purpuro-caeruleis, fubtus cmereis : maculis nigris circulo 

 purpurafcente cin&is, pun&ifque nigris pulchre depidlis. Raj. Inf. p. 131. n. ir. Papiliun- 

 culus caeruleus, ocellis plurimis fubtus eleganter adfperfus. Pctiv. Muf. p. 34. n. 318. Et t 

 Gaz. tjufd. p. 55. t. 35. f. i. Papilio alis oculatis cyaneum caeleftem fpirairibus. Merr. 

 Pin. p. 144. Papilio hexapus ; alis rotundatis integerrimis casruleis ; fubtus ocellis numero- 

 fis. Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 246. n. 803. ARGUS oculatus. ibid. ULTRAMARINE BUT- 

 TERFLY. Wilks. Inf. t. 3. f. 2. 



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