THE ISABELLA MOTH. 663 



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



Fig. 396.— Hypsa orbicularis. Female. 

 (Pale brown, yellow, and black.) 



nearly circular patch of greyish brown. This mark has earned 

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

 insect is a native of the 

 East Indies. 



There is nothing very 

 remarkable in the Moth 

 which is called Arctia 

 Isabella, the insect being 

 small, and soberly co- 

 loured. The upper wings 

 are pale brown, with a 

 few indistinct dark spots, 

 and the lower wings are 

 greyish yellow, with 

 some dark spots, and 

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



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Fig. 397. — Arctia Isabella. 

 (Pale brown.) 



