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ARCTIA FULIGIXOSA. 

 RUBY TIGER. 



Plate XI. Figure 3. 



Tins insect measures from about one inch to nearly 

 one inch and a half in width. Male: fore wings deep 

 brownish red, with a black spot beyond the middle. 

 Hind wings purple-red, with two black central spots, a 

 broad dusky margin, the fringe red. 



Localities for this species are York, Charmouth, Bis- 

 terne, Barnstaplc, Peterborough, Manchester, Sheffield, 

 Leeds, Falmouth, Dunoon, Thornhill in Dumfriesshire, 

 Perth, &c. 



The situations where it is found are waste places, 

 grassy cliffs, by the sea side, &c. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is dusky yellowish-brown, with brown 

 hairs. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 April, having lived through the winter from October. 



It feeds on the nettle ( Urtica tircns,} the dock (JRumex 

 pratensis,} the plantain (Plantago lanccolata^ &c. 



ARCTIA MENDICA. 



MUSLIN MOTH. 

 Plate XI. Figure 4. 



THIS insect measures from one inch and a quarter to 

 rather over one inch and a half in expanse. 



Male: fore wings greyish dusky-black. Hind wings 

 greyish dusky-black. 



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