704 IKSECTS ABROAD. 



was broucjht. Generally they are dull coloured and small, and 



this is the only one 

 which takes the eye at 

 a first glance. 



From the base to the 

 centre the colour of the 

 upper wings is dark 

 brown. Then comes a 

 stripe of greenish yellow, 

 and the rest of the 

 wing is chocolate-brown. 

 The lower wings are 

 dark brown, and in 

 the centre there is a 

 large patch of warm 



I Biuwii, yellow, and uidii^a.) OraUgC. 



The genus Abraxas is familiar to all English entomologists on 



in, 441 — Abiaxas tign 

 (Orange and black.) 



account of the Magpie Moths. On taking out the drawer con- 



