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THE WHITE SPOTTED MOTH. 



Phaloena Albomaculata. 



PLATE XLVI. 



Phalaua Albomaculata, Cramer's Desc. des Pap. iv. p. 160. 

 pi. 345. fig. c. 



BOTH upper and lower wings of this moth are 

 black, the former having two large straw coloured 

 patches on each ; the lower wings with two gray- 

 ish white spots ; the thorax is large, sub-ovate ; 

 gray across the shoulders ; yellow on the sides, and 

 of a raw umber brown in the middle, the body being 

 of the same colour ; the antennae are short and fila- 

 mentary, and the eyes scarlet. 



This rare insect inhabits the coasts of Guinea. 



