108 THE CREAM-SPOTTED TIGER MOTH. 



(Phaleena caja,) but, in the happy combination of its 

 colours, it surpasses both it and every other British 

 species of that tribe which are trivially named Tiger 

 Moths. They are most frequently to be found on 

 banks which face the rising sun. 



The English specimens of this insect rarely exceed 

 two inches and an eighth from the tip of one wing 

 to that of the other. The one from which our figure 

 is taken was a German specimen, and measures two 

 inches and a half. 



