The Natural History of British Insects, Vol. 5: Explaining Them in Their Several States, With the Periods of Their Transformations, Their Food, ... as Require Investigation by the Microscope - Softcover

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Excerpt from The Natural History of British Insects, Vol. 5: Explaining Them in Their Several States, With the Periods of Their Transformations, Their Food, Oeconomy, &C.; Together With the History of Such Minute Insects as Require Investigation by the Microscope

Brimf'cone Butterfly is common in many places in the month of June in the- Fly fiate. Infthe'caterpillaij fl'ate it is feldom taken, and when in chryfalis it is generally concealed among the herbage, Where it is almofl: impofiible to be difcovered. In this fiate, like all other fpecies of the Butterfly tribe, it is fufpended by the tail, but has fnch mufcular firength, that if touched it can throw itfelf upright immediately, in the fame manner as the Chryfalis of Phalzena pentadaétyla. It feeds chiefly on buck-thorn, whence it received the fpecific name Rhamm.

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