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Both of thefe Butterflies are remarkable for that peculiar mining ap- 

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

 Fritillary Butterflies are ornamented; but in Papilio Agala, this 

 filver is difpofed in diftinft fplafhes or fpots, while in Papilio Paphia 

 it appears in tranfverfe ftreaks. Thefe lfreaks are finely foftened 

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

 Angular and charming effecL It is from the latter circumftance the 

 early Englifh collectors termed this the filver-wafb Fritillary. 



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

 is of a plain yellowifh brown, with feveral longitudinal flripes 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 firfl annulation next the head. It remains in the chryfalis twemy 

 or twenty one days ; and appears in the winged ftate early in June. 



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