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WOOD TIGER-MOTH. 



NemeophUa Plantaginis. 



PLATE XXI. Fig. 1. 



Phal. Bomb. Plantaginis, Linn.; Don. iv. PL 134 Wood 



Tyger-moth, Wilkes, PI. 50. Nemeoph. Plantaginis, Steph. 



THIS pretty insect was formerly associated with the 

 ArctiaB, but has lately been referred to a separate 

 genus, under the name of Nemeophila*. The an- 

 tennae are bipectinated in the male and serrated in 

 the female ; the palpi short, all the joints of nearly 

 equal length, and almost globose, the terminal one 

 rather smallest. The proboscis is short, scarcely 

 the length of the head ; the thorax not crested, and 

 the wings completely opaque with scales. The 

 thorax and abdomen are somewhat slender, the 

 extremity slightly tufted in the male. The latter 

 sex usually measures about an inch and a half 

 across the wings, the female being somewhat larger. 

 The anterior wings are deep black above, with a 

 yellowish or cream-coloured stripe running from 

 the base towards the apex, where it becomes very 

 irregular and forms a kind of cross ; there are like* 

 * Derived from npt a grove, and f <A.* a Cover. 



