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The wings, which are perfectly tranfparent, except at the apex, are 

 delicately veined, and ribbed with black lines. The fan tail is expanded 

 or contracted at pleafure. 



If the creature burfls from it's chryfalis in the morning, it is gene- 

 rally obferved fporting among the leaves of the neareft plants about 

 noon j and this is commonly the time the male is feen feeking itf 

 mate. 



It's very lingular appearance before the opaque microfcope, induced 

 us to give the magnified figure, together with the Caterpillar, Chry- 

 felis, and Sphinx, of the natural fize. 



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