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THE LINCEA MOTH. 

 Phalaena Lincea. 



PLATE XXXVIII. 



Papilio Lincea, Cramer's Desc. des Ins. ii. p. G, pi. 228, 



%.B. 



THE upper wings are of a deep black, which 

 changes to an intense blue by the play of light ; 

 the upper half of the lower wings are of the same 

 colour, and the lower half of a deep and rich orange, 

 the upper wings being tipped with the same colour ; 

 the body is of a pinkish brown ; the tail orange ; 

 the antennae are filiform and tapering ; the eyes are 

 scarlet. 



This moth is the same beneath as above, and is 

 an inhabitant of China. 



