224 MOTH. 



Tinece, with wings convoluted into a cylinder. 



Alucitw, with wings divided into distinct plumes. 



These distributions, like those of the genus Pa- 

 pilio, are not strictly accurate, and must therefore 

 be regarded with a proper degree of allowance. 



In the first division or Attaci ranks the most 

 splendid, and largest of all the PhaUenac yet 

 known, viz. the Phal&na Atlas, an insect so large 

 that the extent, of its -wings measures not less than 

 eight inches and a half: the ground-colour is a 

 very fine deep orange-brown, and in the middle 

 of each wing is a large subtriangular transparent 

 spot or patch, resembling the appearance of a 

 piece of Muscovy talc : each of these transparent 

 parts is succeeded by a black border, and across 

 all the wings run lighter and darker bars, exhibit- 

 ing a very fine assortment of varying shades: the 

 upper wings are slightly curved downwards at 

 their tips in a falcated manner, and the lower 

 wings are edged with a border of black spots on 

 a pale buff-coloured ground : the antennae are 

 widely pectinated with a quadruple series of fibres, 

 exhibiting a highly elegant appearance. This in- 

 sect is a native of both the Indies, and occasion- 

 ally varies both in size and colours. 



Ph. Luna is an American species, of large size, 

 and extremely beautiful: its colour is a most ele- 

 gant pea-green, with a small yellowish eye-shaped 

 spot with a transparent centre in the middle of 

 each wing, and the lower wings are produced at 

 the bottom into a long and broad tail or con-* 



