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the former, unless committed to the damp earth, would perish. 

 The young must be incorrectly traced : I have always observed 

 that, for the size of the eggs, the young of lizards are singularly 

 large and active. The fruit is that of the ripe and edible 

 banana (Mus« sapientum Z>.). 



Plate 24. The spotted figure is the Cerambyx farinosus 

 Gmel. 1820. See also his C. cinnamomeus, 1817. ! This she 

 supposes to have proceeded from the linear larva above it, 

 which seems to me to belong to the Elateridge ; and resembles 

 a luminous one which, I have fancied, belongs to Elater noc- 

 tilucus, though I have not bred it. The white larva, she 

 affirms, produced the beetle at the summit of the plant, 

 which [beetle], is the Prionus melanopus Fahr. 30., Cerambyx 

 Gmel, 1816., and is quoted as a synonyme of the P. spinibarbis 

 Fabr. 25. I It seems to be a pregnant specimen ; we have one 

 like it common in the decayed trunks of the silk-cotton bom* 

 bax. There seems, indeed, to be a group of kindred species 

 most shamefully confused by entomological writers. The 

 larger figure, which she has not noticed, is the Cerambyx 

 spinibarbis Gmel. 1818., remarkable for the unusual structure 

 of the mandibles. The plant Argemone mexicana L. is well 

 represented. 



Plate 25. The four larger figures exhibit the Papilio 

 passiflorae Fabr, 189., P. vanillas Gmel, 2336. The former 

 name only is appropriate. It devours greedily the leaves of 

 Passiflora /aurifolia, &c. Though it does not injure the 

 arbours on which these delicious fruits are cultivated, it spoils 

 the beauty of the foliage for a time, if suffered to propagate 

 the family. The outlines of the small moth are useless. The 

 plant is a large variety of the vanilla of commerce (Epiden- 

 drum Vanilla \_VanUla aromatica Swz.yj, so famed for commu- 

 nicating a grateful flavour to our chocolate. 



Plate 26. The four figures represent a nocturnal moth, 

 not described. The coco branch (Theobroma Cacao L.) is but 

 rudely drawn. The painter, moreover, has attempted to 

 improve on nature in the disposition of the flowers : it is but 

 rarely that the smaller branches are productive. The frail 

 and pretty blossoms issue in an unusual manner from the 

 larger limbs and the rough and unsightly trunk. The spongy 

 pulp which surrounds the ripe berries of which the chocolate 

 is made affords a pleasant acid refreshment. 



Plate 27. The three upper figures represent an undeter- 

 mined moth. The filiform worm resembles nothing in nature ; 

 though, on the testimony of her scrva nigrita, she supposes it 

 to have produced the Mantis, which is the very remarkable 

 M. strumaria Fabr. 21. Gmel. 2053. The figure between 



