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THE PEBBLE PROMINENT MOTH. 

 Phalcena Ziczac. 



PLATE XXXVII. 



Phalacna ziczac, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 827. No. 61 



Merian's Europ. t. 147 Donovan's Brit Ins. iv. p. 29. 

 pi. 119 Notodonto ziczac, (Ochsenheimer,) Rennie*s 

 Conspectus, p. 33. 



THIS pretty moth is brown and white clouded, 

 like an agate, having a large clouded eyelike spot 

 next to the exterior margin of the superior wings ; 

 the wings of the male extend from an inch and 

 two-thirds to three quarters; those of the female 

 from an inch and five-sixths to eleven-twelfths ; 

 and the interior margin is provided with a tuft, or 

 appendage ; the antennae are feathered, purplish, 

 and intersected with dashes of black, and a mar- 

 ginal black streak ; and the fringe is brown, dotted 

 with white ; the lower wings are of an ashy gray, 

 with a black marginal line, and a whitish fringe, 

 of a dark brown colour towards the posterior angle. 



The caterpillar of the Pebble Prominent Moth is 

 very beautiful, and at the same time very singular 



