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THE MARGATE BEAUTY MOTH. 



Pha.la.na Sulphwalis. 



PLATE LXXVIII. 



Phalaena Sulphuralis, Linn Syst. Nat. ii. p. 881. Donovan's 

 Brit. Ins. No. 333, pi. 339. Bombyx Lugubris, Fabr. 

 JSnt. Syst. ii. p. 1, 467. 



THE upper wings are of a bright yellow, variously 

 clouded with black ; the under wings are of a purple 

 brown ; the whole fringed with a broad border of 

 the same colour. The thorax and body agreeing 

 in colour with the upper wings, spotted and barred 

 with deep black. 



This is scarce as a British moth. It is said to 

 have been first discovered at Margate, and from this 

 circumstance was afterwards known amongst English 

 collectors by the name of the Margate Beauty. 

 Another insect, by no means similar, has, however, 

 received the same name, having likewise been first 

 met with at Margate. 



The size of this moth, from tip to tip, is about five 

 eighths, or about one third the size of our figure. 



