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Papilio Machaon and Papilio Podalirius are the only two fpecies 

 of Swallow-tail Butterflies that have been found in England. Both, 

 are very fcarce, but Papilio Machaon lefs fo than Papilio Poda- 

 Jirius, of which a figure has been given in another part of this work. 



Entomologifts mention feveral parts of the country in which it has 

 been taken, both in the larva and winged ftate. Harris fays it feeds 

 on wild fennel and carrots ; that one he found remained in the chry- 

 falis Hate from the 2Sd of September to May the 15th following 

 and another, that changed July the 15th, produced a butterfly the 

 10th of Auguft. He adds, that the fpecies was found in. the meadows 

 of Briftol and Weflram. 



Prom the number of foreign authors who have given figures of 

 the Butterfly, we may imagine that it is very common on the Con- 

 tinent. Thofe preferved in cabinets of Engliih Infects are generally 

 brought from Germany, from whence alfo we fometimes receive 

 preferved fpecimens of the Caterpillars* 



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