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surmounted by a tawny spot. Below, sevoral narrow 

 black liandH, the intermediate pair being approximated and 

 parallel. Posterior margin black, near the anal angle pow- 

 dered with yellow. Eyelet as above. In the primary wings 

 below, the fourth and sixth bands inclose an ash coloured one. 



Caterpillar. Solitary,* smooth, yellowish green dotted 

 with three longitudinal lines of a whitish yellow on the back 

 and sides, and obliquely streaked with the same colour. The 

 head protrude.s two retractile horns.t 



Clirysalis. Yellow, beset with many points of a dull 

 brown. 



Observation. The latter end of May, or the beginning of 

 June, is the usual time of this Butterfly being hatched. Mr. 

 Haworth says, " in all probability Poilalirious is double 

 brooded, like the kindred species Mucliaon ; and if so it must 

 be in the larva .state in this country in June, and again in 

 September; and in the imago state in the corre.sponding 

 months of May and August." It is very common in France 

 under the name of Le Flambc, from a supposed resemblance 

 in the pyramidal shape of the black .stripes to the form of 

 flames. There are many notices of this very rare insect 

 having been cai)tured in England ; it is mentioned as a 

 native by Ray and Berkcnliout, and figured as such by 

 Donovan, Lewin, and others ; yet on strict investigation, it 

 still remains rather doubtful if really indigenous. It is stated 

 to have been taken by Mr. Hawkins,J in the New Forest, in 

 1827, and more recently on the autliority of the Rev. F. W. 

 Hope,§ at Netley, Salop. 



• Ochsenheimer's Sclimetterlinge von Europa. 



t This iC fully jirotruilod would probably be found to be the 

 Y-sliaped osmaterlum or accnt.orgnn observable ii\ /'. Muchaon and 

 the other Caterpillars of the genus. (See Introduction to Ento- 

 mology, ii. £44, iii. 14B ) 



J Vide IngpenN Instructions, page 91. 



i Vide Duncan's British Bntterlliee, page 99. 



