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The Natural Hiftoryof JAMAICA. 
Tis common in the Night Time flying every where. 
There is another Sort of this much the fame in Bignefs, only ofa 
dark brown Colour, with yellow Spots here and there on it. 
Tis frequently with the former. 
XXVIL Phalena mintina cinerea [pleadens, guttulis nigris variegata. 
A finall Night Moth of a fhining light brown Colour with black Spots. 
This is not over a third Part of an Inch in Length of Body, nor 
over three quarters of an Inch from Wing to Wing extended, ic has 
four Wings and is allover of a grey fhining Colour, with black mealy 
Spots, the Wings are about half an Inch long. . 
They flutter about and kill themfelves in Candles at Night when dark. 
XXVIL Eruca maxima corauta. Tab. 234. Fig. 6, 7. 
This was upwards of four Inches long, whitifh with an Eye of 
brown, larger than ones Thumb. It was made up of about twelve 
Annuli which were very near of an equal Bignefs only ended blunt 
both at Head and Tail. The <Avzzulz or Rings were fmooth, the firft 
had one Horn about its Middle on the upper fide of the Worm, about 
half an Inch long, it was whitifh brown at Bottom, and black and 
branch’d or prickly at Top; the two following Rings had on their 
upper fides each of them four Horns of the fame Make and Colours; 
cnly about two were upwards of an Inch long and two were fhorter, 
or about three quarters of an Inch long, placed on the upper Parts 
of the Aznuli. Each fubfequent Ring had about five fhore Horns or 
Prickles, black like in every Thing to the Top ofthe others before de- 
{cribed, and two oval Trachee on the Edges, the laft Awnulus had a 
larger black prickly Horn and a Flapto cover the Anus. On its Bel- 
ly inthe Middle were eight Papsile, at the End by the dzustwo Pa- 
pille, and towards the Head were fix Protuberances, Papille, or Feet. 
It was brought from Jamaica. 
XXVIII. Eruca minimae rubro fufca. 
The Worm eating the Sugar Canes. 
This is not over One third of an Inch long, and not fo thick as a 
Hens. Quill, reddifh brown of Colour. It is convey’d in at firft 
by a round Hole made in the green Sugar Cane, and thence makesa 
two or three Inches long, round, red Cavity the length of the Cane 
whence when perfect it comes out. 
It isin Probability a Sort of a Butterfly, Moth, Beetle or Weevill, which 
thrults inthe Egg, then ’tis hatch’d and feeds on this Cane till it be 
ready to be turn’d to an Aurelia, whence it comes out. and leaves a 
greyifh Skin which I have often found in the Canes fo {poil’d. 
The Canes fo eaten are not fit to make Sugar, and therefore are 
ground to make Rum, or given to the Hogs to feed on. 
Sometimes Ants eat into the Canes, and have their Young ia them. 
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