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scribed at great length by Macleay. The Moth flies very 

 rapidly by day, sporting about flowering shrubs, on the leaves 

 of which it settles, with all the wings expanded horizontally, and 

 its flight is most lofty at mid-day. Like the Nymphalidce, it 

 frequently returns to the same spot. It is never found many 

 miles from the coast, and the larvae feed on the leaves of Om- 

 phaka triandra, a tree about fifteen feet high, which grows on 

 the sandy shores of Cuba, and which, although belonging to 

 the poisonous family of the Euphorbiacea, yields a sweet and 

 wholesome fruit, called the Cob- or Hog-nut in Jamaica. 



The eggs are laid separately, rarely more than two on a leaf, 

 though the larvae are sometimes so abundant as to completely 

 strip the trees of their leaves. The eggs are of a pearly lustre, 

 green, sometimes turning to yellow, and more or less spheri- 

 cal. "A circular space on their summit is smooth, but from 

 the circumference of this circle proceed about twenty-four 

 longitudinal ribs, the intervals between which are crossed at 

 right angles by obsolete striae." 



The young larvae are pale green, with a yellowish head, and 

 seven longitudinal rows of long black hairs. The full-grown 

 larva grows to a length of about two inches ; the body varies 

 from pale yellowish-green to flesh-colour, with about six long 

 slender white hairs on each segment. The head and legs are 

 red, the next segment is varied with black, white, and red, and 

 there are some black spots and dots on the head and body. 

 The larvae conceal themselves under a transparent web by 

 day, and feed by night ; the pupa is enclosed in a very loose 

 cocoon of dirty yellow silk. The pupa is yellowish-brown, with 

 black spots and lines. 



CYDIMON FULGENS. 



Urania fulgens, Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. i. p. 5, 

 no. 3 (1854). 



