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brown tint, much the colour of a dry leaf. Living 

 specimens, however, are by no means common, 

 and we believe the present species to be even less 

 common than Phi/Ilium siccifolium, of which, 

 according to the Rev. J. Gr. Wood, " specimens 

 have been hatched in England, have passed into 

 their perfect state, and have lived for some 

 eighteen months/' 



