THE ISABELLA MuTH. 66'.] 



smaller than the female, and on the lower wings is a large and 



M — lJ\i>i ill ulaiis Temale 

 (I'Ut blown, jellow, ami blai k ) 



nearly circular patch of greyish brown. This mark has earned 

 for the insect the specific name orhtcularis, or " circular." The 

 insect is a native of the 

 East Indies. ^J. -^ 



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There is nothing very 

 remarkable in the Moth 

 which is called Ardia 

 Isabella, the insect being 

 small, and soberly co- 

 loured. The upper wings 

 are pale brown, with a 

 few indistinct dark spots, 

 and the low^er wings are 

 greyish yellow, with 

 some dark spots, and 

 nearly transparent. The legs are red, and the abdomen yellow, 



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FiCi. 3y7.— Arctia Isa 

 {Pale brown.) 



