860 INSECTA—BUTTERFLY. 
THE SWALLOW-TAILED BUTTERFLY, 

{s reckoned the most superb of the British species. It is nut widely diffused, 
but occurs in the New Forest, and near Beverly and Bristol. The wings 
are tailed, with both surfaces alike; yellow with a brown border, in which 
are yellow lunules; the angle of the tail is fulvous. The larve feed on 
umbelliferous plants; the caterpillar is green, banded with black, marked 
with a row of red spots. There are two broods, of which the first appears in 
May, having all the winter been in the pupa state; the second comes forth 
in August. 
THE PAINTED LADY “SUTTERY iE Y= 
Is a species not very common. In some seasons, these insects appear im 
considerable numbers, and then again are not seen for several years. In 
point of beauty, this has the highest claim of all; its wings are indented, 


1 Papilio machaon, Lin. 2 Vanessa urtice, Lin. 
