Infects XXII. 



Vol. IV. No. 27. 



BUTTE 



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Thefe beautiful and variegated Infects which 

 we all know, confütute an extenflve tribe of 

 three Galles or principal divilions, and 2599 par- 

 ticular and diftinct fpecies. They are provided 

 with four expanded wings which are covered 

 with a kind of mottled duft, that, when looked 

 at by a tnicrohcop, feems to be compofed of fo 

 many little fcales laying one over the other. 

 (See Vol. Iii. N. 5- of our Picture Gallerie.) 

 Tbfir body is" full of hair, their and mouth is 

 furnished with pinchers and a fpiral fnout to fuck 

 the juic<-: of plants and flowers; but remarkable 

 is the threefold transformation, to which thefe 

 infects are fubject before they become real but- 

 terflies. 



From the eggs which the female lays, little 

 worm! ike animais proceed which are called Ca-, 

 terpiilars or Larvae. The fe Caterpillars live on 

 certain plants and alfo lometimes on wood, till 

 arrived at their full growth, when they furround 

 them i elves with a kind of hotr.y web and change 

 in the Chryjaiis or Aurelia. In 'his lituation they 

 live without nourishment iu a dormant Rate, till 

 at laft, with fome fpf-.cies iu a f ( w weeks with 

 others in two or three years, the Butterfly ifsues, 

 which, when full grown j pierces and Slips the 

 web, propagates its fpecies , and foon after dies. 



. The three principal Clailes of Butterflies are 

 as follows: 



1. The Day - Butterßies or Fapluons. 



2. The Sphinx or Hawk - Moths-. 



3. The Vhula ena or Bloths. 



We shall be made acquainted with them in this 

 and the following two Numbers. 



Day - Eatte rj I i e s. 

 Of this Oafs 901 different fpecies are known. 

 They only fly about during daytime; when fit- 

 ting, they carry their wings erected and clofe to 

 each other; their threadlike antennae or feelers 

 terminate in a conic form. Tn the annexed pic- 

 ture we fee three beautiful fpecies in their natu- 



Pi F L I E S. 

 u 1 1 e r f lies» 



ral fize which are very frequent in almofi every 

 part of Germany. 



Fig. 1. The Camberwell Beauty. 



(Papilla Antiopa.) 



This butterfly QA~) meafures about 3 inches 

 in breadth, and is generally met with about the 

 fruit-trees, on whofe fweet juice it lives. The 

 purple- brown indented wings are edged with 

 a bright 3'ellow border. 



The black thorny Caterpillars (G), which 

 are marked by black fpots , are commonly found 

 on willows, birch and asp -trees and change in a 

 black angular Chryfalis (C) from which the But- 

 terfly in the fpace of a fortnight ifsues. 



Fig. 2. The Peacock Butterfly. 

 (Papilio Jo.) 



The Caterpillar (b) of this butterfly is hefet 

 all over with fmall fpines and as' black as velvet. 

 They are found in great Quantities on Nettles. 

 The angular, yellow green Chryfalis (V) is varie- 

 gated with fulvous fpots and commonly flicks 

 with the inferior point to the walls. 



After 12 or 14 days the beautiful butterfly Ça") 

 comes forth, marked with various fpots in the 

 form of the eyes of a peacock's tail. 



Fig. 3, The red admirable Butterfly. 



( Papilio yltalanta. ) 



The different colours of this butterfly 

 are black, purple -red, and white. Tt appears 

 often in fpring, but is abundantly found in the 

 Month of Au gufi fluttering about the bloffoms of 

 beans and other plants. 



The thorny Caterpillar (£} is met with on 

 nettles. 



The grev. angular Chryfalis (C) from which 

 the butr-^y after a fortnight, is alfo 



four*- 1 Ilan ging on the walls. 



