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THE ARRINDY SILKWORM MOTH. 

 Phalcena Cynthia. 



Phalaena Cynthia, Cramer's Desc. des Pap. i. pi. 39, fig. A. ; 

 Drury's Ins. ii. pi. 6, fig. 2.; Linnean Trans, vii. p. 42. 



Dr Roxburgh gives the following account of this 

 moth through its different stages : * 



The EGGS of the Arrindy Silkworm Moth on the point of a leaf of 

 the Ricinis communis, or common Palma Christi. 



" The eggs are numerous, ovate, pure white ; size 

 of a pretty large pin's head. Hatch in from ten to 

 fifteen days, according to the temperature of the air. 



The above figure is the size of the caterpillar of the Phaloena Cynthia, 

 the day after it is hatched. 



* Linnean Transactions, vii. p. 42. 



