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pointed /heath 



that covers a fi 



pon j but it is open Underneath from the top to the bottom 



channeled and flightly hearded 



The lowefc of 

 exuvia? of this infect 



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ked 15. ti 



for after the creature lias 



b. 43, is a reprefentition of 



under ground, it works its way up, and appears in this form; in which Hate 



1 ionic time 



for fome time, thou 



ry ilothful and unaclive: but at length it climbs 



fome neighbouring bum, (licks its hooked claws in the bark of fome tender branch 

 and throws off its coat, to make its appearance in the winged ftate. 



Note, The mark in the back (hews where the infect buifts its old coat to come out 





RAPHIDIA 1. Minor, alls denjiffime reticularis, cor- 



pore fubrotimdo. 







The,fmailer R<?phidia 



parts 



This infect is very like the foregoing in the general form and difpofitioi 



weapon feems to be quite inert, and divided into three parts 



bu 



>f its 

 The 



ery clofely ribbed 





LIBELLULA I. Tota viridis. 



The green Lady-Fly. 



LIBELLULA 2. Fufca tenuis, ad oculos G? anum 



cceruleo nitens. 



The brown Lady- Fly. 



LIBELLULA 



3 



Maxima rufula, pettore craf- 1 The claret-coloured 



Jiori. 



r - 



Lady-Fly. 



, 



LIBELLULA 4. Tenuior tot a co:rulea. The fmali blue Lady-Fly. 

 Thefe infects are very common in 'Jamaica ; they are very active, and mofl 



frequently obferved in low fwampy places. 





ARTICLE 



IV. 



Of the Lepidoptera?, cr fuch as have thin membranous wings varioufy inter 



with firong tendinous ribs, and covered with f mall opake fc ales or feathers. 



woven 



Note, The individuals of this clafs are generally very beautiful, and frequently 



appear with a mod amazing variety of colours. 



APILIO 1. Major crocea, maculis pau-1 The large orange-coloured Butterfly 



cis & nervis nigris variaS with black fpots and ribs. 



This is a very handfome fly, and frequently met with in the cabinets of the cu- 

 rious. The caterpillar is very large, and of different colours ; but the aurelia is 

 of a beautiful green with golden fpots. It feeds and hangs its aurelia on the wild 

 Ipecacuanha, 



PAPILIO 2. Major tota lutta. The large yellow Butterfly. 



PAPILIO 3 



Major nigra 



luteo virga- 



ta. 



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large black and 

 Butterfly. 



yellow 



PAPILIO 4. Min 



bella. macuL 



gris & albis 



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PAPILIO 5. Media rufula, limbis 



a- 



The fmall fie fh- col 011 red Butterfly 

 with black and white fpots. 



The middling brown Butter- 



larum maculis nigris f fly with black and white fpots in 



& albis varus. 



the margin of the wings. 



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