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THE MARBLED BUTTERFLY. 
Papilio Marmorea. 
PLATE XXXV. 
The Marmoreas, /Zarvis’ Aurelian, pl. 11. fig. xe—Hipparchia 
Galathea of Latreille. 
THE upper surface of the wings are black, beau- 
tifully marked with various shaped spots of white 
and yellow; there is a belt of white and black 
square spots surrounding the posterior margins of 
both wings, and on the lower one are two annulated 
eye-like spots. 
The eggs of this insect are dropped separately 
amongst grass, and are of a yellowish colour when 
first deposited, but become afterwards of a clear 
white. 
The caterpillar feeds on grass, and lives through 
the winter. It gets full fed in the beginning of 
June, and then changes into a chrysalis ; in which 
condition it remains twenty days, when it emerges 
the perfect butterfly. 
The female differs considerably from the male, the 
lower wings being of a tawny orange colour. 
Although there is but little variety of colour in 
this insect, yet it is very beautiful, and may be 
