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GENUS I. BUTTERFLIES. 



SEC. V. SP. XXXVII. CLOUDED ORANGE. 



PI. 32. 



Elect ra. Linnœus. 

 Clouded Yellow. Harris. 



This beautiful fpecies of butterfly is peculiar to rich meadow lands, and not 

 common. It is on the wing the latter end of Auguft, and the beginning of 

 September. The caterpillars have not yet been difcovered : moft likely they 

 feed on grafs clofe to the furface of the earth. I have met with this butterfly in 

 many different places, but never have feen more than two or three flying at a 

 time. It is quick in flight, and not eafily taken, except about eight or nine 

 o'clock in the morning, when feeding on the flowers then in bloom. The male 

 is reprefented at fig. i ; the female at fig. 2 j and the under parts at fig. 3. 



