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THE ARRINDY SILKWORM MOTH. 
Phalena Cynthia. 
Phalwna Cynthia, Cramer’s Desc. des Pap. i. pl. 39, fig. a. 5 
Drury’s Ins, ii. pl. 6, fig. 2.; Linnean Trans. vii. p. 42. 
Dr Roxburgh gives the following account of this 
moth through its different stages :—* 
The Eees 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. 
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The above figure is the size of the caterpillar of the Phalena Cynthia, 
the day after it is hatched. 
" Linnean Transactions, vii. p. 42. 
