August 2, 1780

Posted by sydney on Aug 2nd, 1780

Papilio Machaon alis caudatis, concoloribus, flavis, limbo fusco, lunulis flavis, angulo ani fulvo, appears in my garden, being the first specimen of this species that I ever saw in this district.  In Essex & Sussex they are more common.  A person brought me a young snipe from the forest.

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  1. Tann Says:
    August 18th, 2007 at 1:26 am

    Papilio Machaon alis caudatis, concoloribus, flavis, limbo fusco, lunulis flavis, angulo ani fulvo…

    The Machaon butterfly [=Old World Swallowtail], with tailed, parti-colored, yellow wings, with a dark edge, with yellow lunettes [crescents? eyespots?], with an orange hook of a rear…

    Machaon was a mythical Greek doctor, son of Asklepios (Aesculapius), the god of healing: E. F. Benson devoted a ghost story to the butterfly-god.

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