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Vol. IF". No. 33» 



..DAY - ^BUTTERFLIES-. 



he beautiful and variegated Butterflies of the 

 annexed picture belong to the cîafs' of the Day- 

 Butterflies with which we were made acquainted 

 in No. 27. of this IV. Volume. 



Fig. 1. Swallow - tail Butterfly. 

 (Papilio Machaon.) 



The Swallow - tail Butterfly (Kg-. 1. .4.) is 

 with that of (1%. ^5. ^0 the largeft of the Europe- 

 an Day «1 Butterflies and meafures in breadth 

 from wing to wing between 4 or 5 inches. The 

 indented upper and lower wings are of a brim- 

 Hone- colour ornamented with black flripes and 

 fpots; the lower wings terminate in long points 

 and are marked with an orange coloured fpot 

 in the form of an eye, This fpecies is very fre- 

 quent in the open country all over Germany. 



The Caterpillar (b~) which is î f inch long, 

 is found on the dill, the fennel, the parsley and 

 the herb of carots. Its colour is light green with 

 black rings and fire coloured fpots; it ties itself 

 by a thread, fpun acrofs the forpart of its body, 

 to various objects , till it changes in the light 

 green chryfalis (c). After 4 weeks the pretty 

 Butterfly comes forth. 



Fig. 2. The painted Lady. 



(Papilio Cardili.) 



This beautiful Butteifly is met with in alrnort 

 every part of Europe and fomeiimes alio in 



Africa; the upper wings are fire coloured and 

 prettily pencilled with black and white; the lo- 

 wer wings are not fo lively coloured. 



The yellow and grey coloured prickly Cater- 

 pillar (b) frequents thirties, nettles and burdocks 

 on which the female lays her eggs in May. 



The dark grey chryfalis (c) is ornamented 

 with gold and filver fpots and faftens itself with 

 its pointed end to the plants. 



In the month of Auguft the handfome But- 

 terfly iffu es. 



Fig. 3- 



The fear ce Swallow - tail, 

 (Papilio Podalinus.) 



This fpecies refembles in regard to its ftru- 

 cture and colour the Swallow - tail; (i. A.~) only 

 its wings are more prolongated and expanded like 

 fails, and its colour approaches more the ftraw 

 colour; black ftripes crofs the wings of which the 

 lower are deeply notched with crescent- like blue 

 fpots, and two eyes of blue and orange. 



The yellowish, naked Caterpillar (&) lives on 

 the leaves of the cherry, pear, apple and sloe- 

 trees (black thorn). At the time of its transforma- 

 tion it faftens itself to the trees by a thread which 

 it fpins for the purpofe, and becomes at la ft the 

 yellowish Chryfalis (V) from which very often 

 after the fpace of a fortnight the Butterfly iflues. 

 This fpecies is met with in the mort parts of Ger- 

 many , but not fo frequently as the Swallow- 

 tail. 



