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THE FRIENDLY MOTH. 



Pltalccna Arnica. 



PLATE LXXXIV. 



Phalaena Arnica, Turton's Linne. 



THE wings are black, with an articulated crimson 

 band on each, a little way from the margins, which 

 are fringed ; the body is of a chestnut brown ; the 

 eyes, crimson ; antennae, long and smooth ; and with a 

 transverse crimson fillet across the back, immediately 

 under the head. 



This rare moth is a native of Africa. 



VOL. II. 



