THE RHODOPE MOTH. 



Phalcena Rhodope. 



PLATE LXXXVII. 



Phalaena Rhodope, Fab. Sp. In. ii. p. 163. Cramer, Ins. 

 pi. 30, fig. E. 



THE upper wings are black ; the under wings are 

 of a bright blue, radiated with black ; the body is 

 black, with a large spot of blue towards its centre ; 

 the lower part of the segments of the abdomen are 

 of a bright orange, with square and lanceolate spots 

 on the lower part of the back ; the head is orange, 

 and the antennae long and setaceous. 



This remarkable and singularly shaped insect is 

 an inhabitant of China, and is represented on the 

 plate of its natural size. 



