78 PLATE CCCCXCVJH. 



"Very common in the lanes leading through woody fituations during 

 the whole fummer, two or three diftin6t broods being produced annu- 

 ally. The larva is green,, with a white line, and fpinous tail ; the pupa 

 greenifti, and bulky in proportion to its length. 



In the larva ftate it feeds on graminiferous plants, and is obferved 

 jn this ftage from March till the end of June. The firft brood appears 

 in the fly ftate in the month of April, the lateft in Autumn. 



Papilio iEgeria is not only one of the moil abundant and generally 

 diffufed fpecies of Papiliones in this country, but appears to be found, 

 in plenty throughout the reft of Europe. 



J? LATE 



