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PLATE XLIIL 



P A P I L I O HYALE, 



Saffron Butterfly. 

 Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Antennae clavated. Wings, when at reft, erect. Diurnal. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Wings entire^ rounded, deep yellowiih orange. On the fuperior 

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

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



.egs yellow. Breadth two inches. — > Syji. Ent. 477. 148. — Linn, 



SyJI. Nat. 2. 764. 190. — Fn. Sv. 1040. 



The Papilla Hyale has been defcribed by feveral authors, Englifh 

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

 ticed it. Unlike many Infects we have in our country^ it \s found in 

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



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