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Plate 30. The four upper figures are of the Papilio 

 ricini Fabr, 517. Gmel. 2253., which I have received from 

 Demerara. The two other figures may possibly have been 

 intended for the Oiketicus Kirby/, which I have described in 

 the fifteenth volume of the Lirincean Transactions, with two 

 plates ; but her scanty description will not clear up the diffi- 

 culty. Either we have before us a larva of similar economy, 

 or she has altered and distorted the outline of the habitacu- 

 lum, in order to give it the appearance of an Indian swinging 

 in his hammock. The case is only suspended by the ante- 

 rior extremity in our animals. The castor-oil bush (i^icinus 

 conmiunis L.) is correctly done. The leaves are applied to 

 blisters ; and the expressed oil used in medicine, or in the 

 nightly chamber lamp. 



In Plate 31. we have four figures of Papilio Polycaow 

 Fabr. 96. Gmel. 2236. It surely cannot be properly quoted 

 as the P, Polydamas? Fabr. 4?2. Gmel. 2231. The larva is 

 curiously marked; and, instead of the sexes, possibly two 

 species are depicted. The plant is the changeable rose 

 (/fibiscus mutabilis L.). 



Plate 32, The well armed larva, pupa, and two figures 

 of Papilio cassiae Fabr. 461. Gmel. 2280., a large and lovely 

 species. The plant is the medicinal Cassia occidentalis X., 

 or stinking weed. The whole is neatly engraved. 



Plate 33. Very rude figures of iSphin-r ficus Fabr. 31. 

 Gmel. 2380. ; the female of which is well figured in Drury's 

 great work. The male is smaller, the wings less ample, and 

 tlie antennae thicker. The upper larva well represents the 

 alteration of colour which it undergoes before the pupal 

 change. The plant of fig is of that species cultivated in 

 gardens throughout the world. 



Plate 34. We have here the 5phinjc labruscse Fabr. 66. 

 Gmel. 2380., so beautifully lithographed in the first series of 

 Swainson's Zoological Illustrations. The larva is well done, 

 and is remarkable for the attenuated neck, the shagreen-like 

 shoulders, and the changeable lovely spot on the anal pro- 

 minence. It is very voracious ; and, in a neighbouring 

 island, a host of these caterpillars lately destroyed acres of 

 canes : an account of their depredations I have given in the 

 47th volume of the Transactions of the Society of Arts, &c. 

 The black grape looks more tempting than in nature : our fair 

 author regrets it has not been cultivated in vineyards. It is 

 to be feared the excessive heats of these regions would inter- 

 fere with the proper fermentation of the wine. 



Plate 3B. The four larger figures illustrate the T^apilio 

 sophor^e Fabr. 459. Gmel, 2282. The larva is said to be 



