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from the prickly caterpillars. The folitary nettle 
kind affords us an iriflance of it'fe papilio. 
The third clafs ihcludes thdfc papiilios which 
agree in every refpeil with the fortrier, except that 
their two anteribr legs, which they life aS arms, 
and never in walking, are tlot tei-minated by 
downy ends, but ar-e fhaped in a fimilai- manner 
with the other legs at their Extremities j brily fo 
fmall, that they can be diOringUifhed by a rriicro- 
fcope alone. The common grey and yellow pa- 
pilio, which is ufually found in pafturage aboiit 
june, July, and Auguft, furnillies an inftance of 
this clais. , 
The fourth clafs contains thofe papilios which 
have buttoned antennas, like the reft of the tribe; 
and which carry their wings, when at reft, in a 
perpendicular direftion to the objed on which 
they fit : but as the former have the inferior edge 
of their wings bent round the under part of their 
bodies, fo in thefe the inferior edge is bent upwards 
in both pair of wings, and embraces and covers 
the upper part of the body. However obvious 
this diftin6tion may be, there is another ftill more 
evident one in this, namely, that the papilios of 
this clafs have one of the jaggs of the wings fo 
far extended beyond the reft of the verge, that it 
forms a kind of tail ; and hence thefe are fome- 
times denominated tailed-butterflies^ 
The fifth clafs is compofed of thofe papilios 
which have fix real legs, all ufed in walking; and 
clavated horns, as the reft; but whofe wings, when 
in repofe, are not elevated perpendicularly to the 
objeft on which they fit, as in the preceding 
claffes, but are held in a horizontal direflion, or 
at the utmoft never meet in an angle over the 
back. The papilio bred from the fmooth cater- 
pillar of the marfli-mallow fupplies us with a fpe- 
cimen of this clafs. 
The fixth clafs comprehends thofe papilios 
which have club antennae; that is, fuch antenna 
as gradually increafe in thicknefs from their ori- 
gin to their extremity. Thefe confift of that clafs 
of papilios which are always on the wing, and con- 
tinually buzz about flowers, without ever fettling 
on them: they dart their trunks into the flowers 
while they fnftain themfelves in air, and pofl'efs 
the faculty of poifing themfelves like birds of 
prey; but while they are engaged in extracting 
the juices of the flowers, their wings are kept in 
perpetual motion, and they make a humming 
jioile like the humble bee. 
The feventh and laft clafs comprehends thofe 
papilios which have their antennfE large at their 
origin, fmaller afterwards, and finally terminated 
by an oval head ; and which differ from the club 
antennJE in having no pencils of hair at the extre- 
mity. This clafs is by no means numerous; and 
the moft frequent inftance we have of it is in a 
painted papilio frequently feen on the blades of 
meadow-grafs in July. 
For a particular defcription and enumeration 
offome of the moft beautiful and curious fpecies 
of the papilio trrbe, fee Butterfly. 
PAPILIO-MUSCA. An appellation given 
by feme naturalifts to a feries of fmall infefts, ap- 
parently of a middle nature between the fly and 
butterfly clafles. It's wings are partly covered 
with thofe fcalcs, in form of meal, which render 
the wings of the butterfly kinds opakej and they 
arc partly tranfparent and gloflTy. 
PAPILION-BOURDON. A name by 
which French naturalifts exprefs a kind of butter- 
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flies, which, whilfe they feed on the wing,' emk 
a humming noife like that of the humble- 
bee; 
PAPILION-A^QUEUE. Tailed Butterflies., 
An appellation by which the French exprefs a fort 
of butterfly; of which there are feveral varieties. 
The fides of the wirigs are jagged ; and one of the 
jaggs extends fo far beyond the reft, that it exhi- 
bits the appearance of a natural tail. 
PAPIO. a diftinftive appellation for that 
gertus of monkies ufually denominated baboons. 
By this term is commonly underftood thofe ani- 
mals which have tails, but Vaftly fhorter than in 
the monkey tribe. 
In the Liinnasan fyftem, thefe are all fpecies of 
the Simla. The Ribbed-nofe Baboon, the Simla 
Maimon of Lirtnasus, which inhabits Guinea ; 
the Little Baboon, the Simla Apedia of Linnaeus, 
inhabiting India; and the Pig-tail Baboon, the 
Simla Nemeftrina of LinnsEUs, found in Sumatra 
and Japan; are the moft curious and beft known 
fpecies. 
PARADISE, BIRD OF. In the Linn^ean 
fyftem, this conftitutes a diftinft genus of birds 
of the order of pics: the diftinguiftiing characters 
of which are ; that there are two finguiar, and ex- 
tremely long feathers, neither inferted in the 
wings nor rump ; and that the beak is covered 
with a kind of woolly feathers. Of thefe, the 
above great naturalift enumerates three fpecies ; the 
Apoda, or Manucodiata Major of others, found 
in the Molucca iflands; the Rogia, or Manuco- 
diata Minor of BriflTon, inhabiting Amboyna; and 
the Triftis, which is difcovered in the Philippine 
iflands. However, other naturalifts extend the 
catalogue of fpecies; and in particular Sonnerat, 
from whofe obfervations and difcoveries we have 
enriched this work, defcribes fome of the moft 
beautiful birds of this kind that have ever fallen 
under the notice of an ornithologift. 
Many fabulous accounts have been propagated 
concerning this elegant tribe; particularly that 
they had no legs ; that they fubfifted folely on dew 5 
that they were inceflfantly on the wing, and had 
no other way of refting but by poifing themfelves 
in the air; that they were never taken alive; and 
that the male had a cavity in his back, in which 
the female laid her eggs, and hatched her youngi 
But thofe defcriptions, as well as other fimilar 
ones, are undoubtedly erroneous: the extreme 
beauty of this bird gave rife to fabulous embel- 
lifliment; and the very fhadow of defcriptive 
truth was for fome time loft. But Birds of Para- 
dife are now well known ; they are found to be of 
the predaceous kind; and pofTeflcd of the various 
inftindts adapted for a life of plunder. 
For a defcription of the moft elegant and cu- 
rious fpecies, fee Bird of Paradise. 
PARiEA. An appellation fometimes given 
to that fpecies of fcrpent called anguis ^fculapii. 
It is perfectly free from any poifonous qualities; 
and is fo little di-eaded by the natives of thofe 
countries which it inhabits, that it is permitted to 
range about theit houfes, and fometimes afcends 
their beds. The mouth is full of frnall teeth t 
and, when extremely provoked, it will bite; bun 
the wound which it infli6ts is never attended with 
any dangerous fymptoms. 
This ferpent grows to a cdnfiderable length; 
it's fides are of a yellowifli green colour; it's back 
is blackifti; it has two fmall eminences on it's 
neck i and behind them two fmall fmews. It is. 
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