luscdSi 4"^., of Surhiam. 357 



represented, in the foreground, before a basket of tropical 

 fruits, with her attendants placing in cabinets chip boxes 

 filled with extended insects ; while the room is swarming 

 with a host of butterflies and caterpillars that would have 

 frightened Pharaoh in the land of Egypt. In the distance is 

 a Surinam landscape swarming with frogs, in which we behold 

 two old gentlemen, in bag wigs and broad-tailed coats, assist- 

 ing the maid-servant to capture flies. 



Plate 1. contains, on the right side, three rude and useless 

 figures of i^latta americana Gmelin, Lin. 2042. At the 

 bottom, the circular egg purse {theca) of a spider is mistaken 

 for the inartificial egg cell (loculiis) of the kakkerlac or cock- 

 roach, out of which a young one is represented as escaping. 

 On the left are two useless figures of a second species, hardly 

 mature. I have not observed that these creatures are par- 

 ticularly attached to the pine [Bromel/a Andtias L., Ana- 

 nassa saliva Aucl.'], though in the forests I have captured 

 many interesting species among the vaginating leaves of the 

 Tillands/<^ or wild pines, where they had evidently retired 

 for shelter and concealment only. The bag, said to contain 

 the young, was the egg cell, which is retained in the vagina 

 for some time by the females of this genus, till it is indurated 

 by atmospheric influence. It is then glued against some 

 chosen spot, and covered for concealment in the dirt or any 

 substance that may be at hand. The young pine [Bromeh'a 

 Ananas L.] in a state of inflorescence, with the crown and 

 basilar offsets just developed, is not badly executed. 



Plate 2. The four upper figures represent the Coccinella 

 cacti G?nel. 1661., with the pupae; and the two following, 

 the cocoon and larva of a small moth ?, said, without pro- 

 bability, to devour the Coccinella. The four lower ones 

 illustrate the Papilio Dkb Fabric. 177. Gmel. 2324. They 

 appear rudely done, with the exception of the largest larva. 

 The pine is shown in its ripe state, and cut out of its cluster 

 of serrated leaves, and ready for the table. I may once for 

 all observe, that, when a lepidopterous insect is reversed, that 

 portion of the upper wing which is exhibited is incorrectly 

 coloured, and does not correspond with the accompanying 

 figure of the upper surface of the insect. 



Plate 3. Three figures of a giant species of Sphina:, of the 

 same group as S» Carolina, executed with more than ordinary 

 care. Not known to Fabricius. The exuviae and pupa are 

 improperly attached to a branch ; for all these insects descend 

 towards the earth, and take their pupal slumber in a ball of 

 prepared dirt, or in a slight cocoon. The pilose head of the 

 imago, and the free tongue-case (glossotheca) of the pupa, 



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