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Title: The cabinet of oriental entomology : being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time discribed and figured
Year: 1848 (1840s)
Authors: Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893 Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS
Subjects: Insects Insects
Publisher: London : William Smith, 113 Fleet Street
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
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leaf early in May. They are double brooded, for mine all hatched in June, and deposited theirova, a few of which produced caterpillars that year, but the greater number remained until thefollowing spiing. I can but congratulate Captain Hutton on the discovery of another species of silk moth which seemslikely to become decidedly worthy of cultivation. The flossy external portion of the cocoon sent, isvery fine and tough, but of a much less silky feel than that of the B. Mori. The injiuy caused by theescape of the moth prevented me from unwinding the cocoon sent by Captain Hutton. It would bevery interesting to know whether B. Huttoni would bear transplanting like the common species.The investigation of the merits of the silk cannot, however, be in better hands, as Captain Hutton hasalready published a valuable little work, entitled, Remarks on the Cultiire of Silk at Candahar.8vo. Swansea, 1843.Eranthemum montanum, an acanthaceous Indian plant, accompanies the figures of the moths. 10
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PLATE XIII. (ORDER—COLEOPTERA. Section—Lamellicornia.) EUCHEIRUS DUPONTIANUS. Buemeister. Figure 1, Male ; Figure 2, Female. Eucheirus a?neo-niger, subtus griseo-hirtus; elyti-is vitto loiigitudmali prope suturam alteraque submarginali(postiee connexis) fulvo-rufis ; tibiis anticis maris valde elongatis extus versus apicem subangulatis ; iutus inermi-bu9, liaud peiiicillatis ; prothoraeis lateribus ejusdem sexus subserratis. Eucheii-us brassy-black, clothed bcneatli with grey hairs, each elytron having a broad longitudinal red streakparallel with the suture, and another nan-ower one near the lateral margin, imited together behind ; the fore tibiaeof the male long and slender, slightly angulated externally near the tip, and simple along the inside, without a brushof hairs at the tip ; the sides of the prothorax in the same sex slightly obtusely serrated. Length of the insect, about 2~ inches. Inhabits the Philippine Islands. Male in the Collection of M. Dupont. Female in the Britis

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