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1> L A T E XLlil. 



PAPILIO HYALEo 



Saffron Butterfly. 

 Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 

 Antennae clavated. Wings, when at reft, ere£t. Diurnal* 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 



Wings entire, rounded, deep yellowifh orange. On the fuperior 

 wings a black, and on the inferior wings an orange fpot in the center; 

 and a deep irregular border of black on the margin. Antennse and 



legs yellow. Breadth two inches. Syji. Ent. 477. 148. — Linn^ 



Syjl. Nat. 2. 764. IQO. — Fn: Sv. 1040. 



The Papilic Hyale has been defcribed by feveral authors, Englifii 

 and Foreign, and the natural hiftorians of Germany have generally no- 

 ticed it. Unlike many Infeiis we have in our country, it is found m 

 every part of Europe, but in greater abundance in Africa and America. 



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