Excerpt from The Papilios of Great Britain, Systematically Arranged, Accurately Engraved, and Painted From Nature: With Natural History of Each Species, From a Close Application to the Subject, and Observations Made in Different Counties of This Kingdom The female, fig. 4, difteis from the male only in fize, being much the largefl. The caterpillars, fig. 1, and chryfalis, fig 2, are figured from Roefel, and the following is his account of their breeding \vhen the caterpillars are near the time of their transfor mation, they retiie to a place Of fhelter, there fixmg their hind legs by a glutinous web, With their heads downwards, and bent towards the belly, fig. 3 In a day's time the {kin flips off, and the chryfalis appears as reprefented, fig. 2. They hang in this Rate about fourteen days, and then the butterflies are produced. The females lay their eggs on the branches of Willow trees, in the early part of the funimer, and the young caterpillars come forth in three weeks. But if the eggs be laid in the autumn, they remain in that (late the whole Winter.aehon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.