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MOTH. 
Tinece^ with wings convoluted into a cylinder. 
Alucitce, with wings divided into distinct plumes. 
These distributions, like those of the genus Pa- 
pilio, are not strictly accurate, and must therefore 
be regarded with a proper degree of allowance. 
In the first division or Attaci ranks the most 
splendid, and largest of all the Phalaenae yet 
known, viz, the Phalcena Atlas, an insect so large 
that the extent of its wings measures not less than 
eight inches and a half : the ground-colour is a 
very fine deep orange-brown, and in the middle 
of each wing is a large subtriangular transparent 
spot or patch, resembling the appearance of a 
piece of Aluscovy talc : each of these transparent 
parts is succeeded by a black border, and across 
all the wings run lighter and darker bars, exliibit- 
ing a very fine assortment of varying shades: the 
upper wings are slightly curved downwards at 
their tips in a falcated manner, and the lower 
wings are edged with a border of black spots on 
a pale buff-coloured ground : the antennae are 
widely pectinated with a quadruple series of fibres, 
exhibiting a highly elegant appearance. This in- 
sect is a native of both the Indies, and occasion- 
ally varies both in size and colours. 
Ph. Luna is an American species, of large size, 
and extremely beautiful: its colour is a most ele- 
gant pea-green, with a small yellowish eye-shaped 
spot with a transparent centre in the middle of 
each wing, and the lower wings are produced at 
the bottom into a long and broad tail or con- 
