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GENUS I. BUTTERFLIES. 



SEC. III. S P. XXVIII. MARBLED ARGUS. 



PL 28. 



Galathea. Linnœus. 

 Marbled White. Harris. 



The caterpillars of this fpecies are bred from the egg the latter end of July, 

 and feed on meadow grafs the remaining part of the fummer. On the approach 

 of winter they conceal themfelves in the ground, and abfhin from food till the 

 month of March, when they feed again on the young and tender moots of grafs. 

 In June they arrive at their full growth, as ac fig. 1, and change to chryfalides 

 about the middle of the fame month, fee fig. 2. 1 he fly is perfect and on the 

 wing the firft week in July, and in a few days lays its eggs fcattering them 

 about the meadows ; and as the eggs are not glutinous, like thofe of moft other 

 infects, they drop among the grafs, and reft in fecurity, till the proper time for 

 the caterpillars to make their appearance. This butterfly is to be met with 

 in dry meadows, or pafture lands. It does not range abroad, but is locally 

 attached to the place where it was bred : fo that it is common to fee fifty or a 

 hundred on the wing in one meadow, and in the fields adjoining not one. The 

 male is difplayed as flying at fig. 3. The female is not unlike the male on the 

 upper fide, but the under parts differ a little in colour, fee fig. 4. 



