THE EMPEROR MOTH. 

 Phalcena Pavonia. 



PLATE XXXV. 



Phalama pavonia, Donovan's Brit. Ins. i. p. 5, pi. 1. , 

 Harris's Aurelian, pi. xxv. fig. g, h, p. 43 Linn. Syst. 

 Nat. ii. p. 816 Saturnia Pavonca Minor, (Schrank,) 

 Rennie's Conspectus^ p. 36. 



THE antennae are feathered ; it has no trunk ; 

 the wings are expanded, horizontal, rounded, entire, 

 with a large eyelike spot in the centre of each ; 

 the first reddish brown, waved ; the second orange. 

 Those of the male two inches and a half to five- 

 sixths, and in the female two inches and a half 

 to three inches and a half, and of a gray colour. 

 The upper wings have a half-closed eyelet, the tip 

 purplish, with one or two red spots; the lower 

 wings with a half-closed eyelet, and having a gray 

 posterior band, and the lower margin somewhat 

 purple. The antennae of the male are broader than 

 in the female, and the wings of the female larger, 

 waved with black and white, and bordered with 

 yellow. Length, an inch ; breadth, two inches and 

 a half. 



The caterpillar is green above, the segments 

 marked by black rings, in which are a row of yellow 



