Butterflies of North and South America mb-height 1554 'GR' for George Rex

'GR' for George Rex

The plate is inscribed below: 'Plate VII

Chingford was formerly in Essex

Hope I Don't Intrude

17 Upper Street

Butterflies of North and South America mb-height 1554 'GR' for George RexTwo varieties of butterfly, numbered 4 5. Figure 4 lower surface of Papilio amulius [the Belus swallowtail, Battus belus, a native of South America]. Figures 5 6 upper and lower surfaces of Papilio sesonia [the Southern dogface, Zerene cesonia, a native of North and South America and the Caribbean]. The insects shown were part of the collection of Johann Christian Gerning (1745 1802). The accompanying text states that 'under the immediate care and