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Title: The papilios of Great Britain, systematically arranged, accurately engraved, and painted from nature, with the natural history of each species, from a close application to the subject, and observations made in different countries of this kingdom; as well as from breeding numbers from the egg, or caterpillar, during the last thirty years
Year: 1795 (1790s)
Authors: Lewin, William, -1795
Subjects: Butterflies
Publisher: London, Printed for J. Johnson
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Mann Library, Cornell

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by fixing themfelves with aftrong tie round the middle, and by the tail. In a days time the chryfalis iscomplete, as at fig. 1 ; and this fuperb butterfly comes forth in July following.The caterpillars from the eggs of this ftock are bred about the firft week inAuguft. After the ufual fhifting of their fkins, they become full fed the endof Septembers and change to chryfalis in a fhort time. In this ftate they re-main through the winter, and the flies are produced in May following. Thecaterpillars of this butterfly feed moftly on the wild carrot, and fometimes onthe dwarf yellow trefoil, that grows in pafture lands. The fly is exceedinglyiwift in flight, and muft be watched till it fettles to feed or reft, when it maybe taken without much trouble. This infect is not common, either in thecaterpillar, or the more perfect ftate. The male is fmalkr, but in otherrefpects perfectly agrees with the female, which is reprefented as flying at fig. 5,and at reft, with the wings erect, at fig. 4.
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C 73 ) GENRE I. PAPILLONS. SEC. VI. QUEUE DHIRONDELLE. Les chenilles font rafes, et dépourvues de poils ; elles fe fufpendent par laqueue, et, pour que la chryfalide foit plus en fureté, elles ajoutent une fécondeattache, un lien qui leur embrafTe le deflus du corps. ESP. XL. LA QUEUE DHIRONDELLE. PI. 34. Machaon. Lxnnaus.Swallow-Tail. Harris. La première génération de ces papillons paraît ailée au milieu de Mai. Lafemelle fait fes œufs dans lintervalle de dix ou douze jours, et huit jours aprèsles jeunes chenilles éclofent. A. peine fix à fept jours fe font-ils écoulés, quellesfe dépouillent de leur première peau : vers la fin de Juin elles en changent pourla cinquième et dernière fois ; et une femaine leur fuffit pour parvenir à leurentier accroiflement, fig. i. Alors elles fe préparent à leur métamorphofe, quine peut plus être éloignée, en fe fufpendant par la queue, et par une forte cein-ture quelles fe mettent autour du corps. Dans lefpace de vingt-quatre

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