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THE MEDARDA MOTH, 

 Phalaena Medarda. 



PLATE XLI. 



I Phalaena Medarda, Cramer's Desc. des Pap. iv. 

 pi. 345, fig. F. 



p. 107, 



THE wings are of a very intense blackish brown ; 

 [the lower ones having two streaks of a rich yellow- 

 jsh orange or umber colour, the one on the upper 

 and the other on the lower edge of the wings ; the 

 antennae are filiform, somewhat long; the thorax 

 black ; the abdomen orange, and the same tone as 

 [the wings, with a black line down the centre ; the 

 jyes are green. 



The Medarda Moth inhabits Surinam. 



VOL. III. 



