The Natural History of British Insects, Vol. 13 of 5

Excerpt from The Natural History of British Insects, Vol. 13 of 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 Papilio Apollo is the offspring of a folitary żuggifh larva, on caterpillar, of a black colour, covered with afoft and filky down. All, the rings are marked on both tides with two red fpots, which together conftitute a longitudinal feries along each tide. Befides thefe fpots, Every ring or joint is marked nearer the middle of the back with'three {mall lateral dots of blueish, difpofed in a femilunar manner, and thus forming a longitudinal u aved line] on each tide within the two rows of red fpots. The anterior part of the head is furnifiled with tenta cula, which the animal can advance or retraét at pleafure; this is fur. 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.