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PLATE CCLXXIX. 



PAPILIO MEG£RA. 

 Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae clavated at the tip : wings in general defle&ed when 

 at reft. Fly by day. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Wings dentated, yellowifh, with fufcous bands : an ocellar fpot on 

 the anterior wings : pofterior pair with five above and fix beneath. 



Papilio MEGiERA: alis dentatis luteis fufco fafciatis : anticts 

 ocello, pofticis fupraquinis, fubtus fex. Linn. Syji. 

 Nat. 2. 771. 142.— FaL Ent. Syji. T. 3. p. I. p. 94. 

 2<d2.—Sch*ff. Icon. tab. 148. fg. 3, 4. 



This Butterfly is common in meadows in July. The larva is 

 green, and hairy, with a bifid tail ; it feeds on grafs, and changes to 

 £he pupa ftate in June. 



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