MAHIA SIBILLA MERIAN. 
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the glory of the noduid«, as it has been de- 
servedly called. This caterpillar is black Avith a 
green hand on each segment, and is furnished ndth 
a strong anal horn like those of the hawk-moths, 
hut it differs from these in ha\ing tufts of hair 
springing finm each side The figures of the moth 
are much more carefully engraved than usual. 
Plate xxm. represents Morj)ho Teucer n-ith its 
curious armed catei'pillar placed on the ripe thiit of 
the banana (JMusa sapientum, Linn.) ; and the fol- 
lowing plate is entirely devoted to the coleoptera, 
containing figures of Ceramhyx farinosus, Ceramhyx 
spinibarhis, and Prionus melanopus, with the larva 
of the latter. Tlie plant is the Mexican poppy 
( Argemone Mexicana ), drawn in a very character- 
istic manner. 
The xxixth plate merits attention as a very 
successful representation of one of the most beauti- 
ful butterflies known, the Urania Leilm of Fahr., 
lately named Leilm Surinamensis, from being rather 
hastily supposed to he confined to that country. A 
singular larva is likewise figmed, from which our 
author affirms that the butterfly was produced. It 
is thickly beset with sharj) hairy spines of great 
length, some of them half as long as the body, and 
as rigid as iron wire. But a celebrated entomologist, 
who has lately investigated the metamorphosis of 
another species of Urania (U. Femandinw) has 
given it as his opinion that Madam Merian’s figure 
and description of this larva are unw'orthy of credit. 
