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We have not a more beautiful Infe@ in this country than the 
Peacock Butterfly. It is, indeed, too common to claim the parti- 
cular notice of Entomologifts; but to thofe who admire moft the 
fplendid fpecies of this beautiful tribe of creatures, it will probably 
prove acceptable. ‘The underfide is entirely of a fhining dark co- 
lour, with innumerable waved ftreaks of black. “The upperfide is 
reprefented in the annexed plate. 
The Caterpillars, which are black, befet with fpines, and ele- 
gantly marked with rows of white {pots, are frequently found feed- 
ing on the nettles, and other low herbage by the fides of ditches. 
They change to the chryfalis ftate the firft week in July, and appear 
in the winged flate twenty-one days after. 
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