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Box: 79 Cork: 5

Saturniidae  Samia cynthia (Drury) [det. J.D. Weintraub]

From:  USA  Pennsylvania  Original Locality Data: PA: [Philadelphia Co.]; Phil[adelphi]a; June 12, 1880
Peale's Identification: Saturnia Cynthia
Measurements: 65.5 mm Comments: June 12, 1880; "… larva … found feeding on the leaves of Ailanthus"

Specimen 5 in Peale Box 79,
Box 79 data: "N. American Nocturnal; 79; Sata [Saturniidae], Cynthia" [no title on index] Mounted: 1881

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