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THE HEBE MOTH. 

 Phalana Hebe. 

 PLATE I.XXXV. 



1'halaena Hebe, Linn. Sytt. Nat. ii. p. 820. Tttrtw't 

 Linn6, iii. p. 222. Fritck. vii. pi. 7, fig. 9. Roe*, iv. 

 pi. 27, fig. 1, 2. 



THE upper wings are black, with transverse bands 

 of white, which are edged with pale cream colour ; 

 the under wings of rich crimson, with curiously shaped 

 clouds of black, which are edged with golden yellow ; 

 the head and body are black ; below the head is a 

 transverse spot of bright crimson ; the antennae are 

 long, black, and setaceous, decreasing from the base 

 to the tips ; on each side of the body is a row of 

 six large, circular, crimson spots, with a line of the 

 same colour passing through them. The abdomen, 

 crimson. 



This highly beautiful species is figured of the 

 natural size ; it is a native of Germany, and some 

 other parts of continental Europe, but has not hitherto 

 been found in Britain. The larva, or caterpillar, is 

 solitary ; moderately large ; very hairy ; and of a 

 blackish, or dusky colour, rufous beneath, with the 

 three last segments rust coloured. The chrysalis is 

 of a blackish cast 



