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lier disappointment. The plant is a variety of guava [Psi- 

 dium.] 



Plate 58. — -On an unknown plant are figured of a 

 ikfusca Zy., with its larva ; and the larva, pupa, and imago of 

 iPapilio (Colia^?) sennae Fahr. BQ?>. The remaining three 

 figures on the left are a doubtful species of 2Iygas^na. The 

 larvae of this group use their close fascicles of hair to defend 

 the cocoon. The whole is stripped off before the pupal 

 change, and disposed radiatim [rayedly] to keep off rain and 

 enemies. 



Plate 59. The jRana (Pipa Laurent/) Pipa Cuv. is figured 

 with its pulli lodged in the temporary dorsal cells.* The 

 Pyrula, and another shell with a parasitic crab, are not worthy 

 of mention. I know not the plant which is here said to be 

 •used as a spinach and salad. 



Plate 60. With an unknown plant are three figures of th^ 

 magnificent Papilio Idomeneu^ Fabr. 275. Gmel. 2248. The 

 pupa has a large frontal, and another dorsal, club, which give 

 it a singular aspect. The larva seems in no way connected 

 with this butterfly, and probably would produce a Saturnia:. 

 The words " telae autem statim sese intexuit" confirm the idea. 

 The Papilionidae spin no cocoon ; even the Hesperiae are but 

 enclosed in the leaves convoluted by the silken threads of the 

 larva. The wasp is the marabunce of Demerara. I have 

 received its nest, though not quite complete : it was as large 

 as a child's head, and resembled the bowl of a tobacco pipe 

 reversed. It was firmly attached to a strong branch, had a 

 smooth hard exterior, and was composed of the usual paper 

 mortar, made of the loose epidermis and fibres of various 

 woods and branches. At the bottom was a hole, opposite to 

 many others, of the same diameter, which afforded a straight 

 passage through the parallel horizontal stories of the pendent 

 building. 



Plate 61. From this number to the end of the work, with 

 one exception, the plates are infamously engraved ; the draw- 

 ing, also, is equally faulty. Indeed, the figures are hardly 

 worthy of being quoted, and cannot be accurately determined. 

 On a branch, which the author, by mistake, calls the white 

 guava, and which appears to be the J^tropha Mdnihot L., 

 from which the cassada is prepared, we have, above, three 

 figures of an unknown pretty moth, and, below, three others, 

 which have been supposed to represent the S\)hmx Kilo 

 Fabr. 21. Gmel. 2375. 



* See Materiaux pour servir a une monographic anatomique du Pipa, 

 par C. Mayer, &c. 



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