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INSECTS ABROAD. 



seem to be more compressed, if I may use that term. The 

 ground colour is rather pale warm brown, slightly speckled with 

 yellow. In the middle of each wing is a kidney-shaped mark 

 of dun with a white centre, followed by a whitish grey band 

 running across the wing. Near the tip of tlie upper wings is a 



Fig. 404.— Samia Cecropia. 

 (Pink-brown, yellow, and white.) 



bold oval mark of dark brown, followed by a pink bar which 

 extends irregularly to the angle of the wing. The thorax is 

 rich warm chestnut, with a pointed brush of hairs diverging 

 boldly on either side, and the abdomen is of the same hue, but 

 the edcre of each segment is marked with white. 



In consequence of the exigencies of space, the figure of Samia 

 Calleta is only half the size of the insect itself However, the 



