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Both of thefe Butterflies are remarkable for that pecular {hining ap- 

 pearance of polifhed filver with which a few other of the european 

 Fritillary Butterflies are ornamented ; but in Papilio Agala, this 

 filver is difpofedin difliintl fplafhes or fpots, while in Papilio Paphia 

 it appears in tranfverfe fl:reaks. Thefe ftreaks are finely foftened 

 into the red and olive green of the wings, and produce altogether a 

 fmgular and charming effedl. It is from the latter circumflance 

 the early Englifh colle£lors termed this ihefiher-zvap Fritillary. 



The Caterpillar of this butterfly is found on the grafs in May. It 

 is of a plain yellowifli brown, with feveral longitudinal ftripes of 

 dark brown ; it is alfo thickly befet with barbed fpines, a' quarter of 

 an inch in length, and has in particular two of a remarkable form on 

 the firft annulation next the head. It remains in the chryfalis twenty 

 or twenty one days j and appears in the winged ftate early in June, 



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