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oblique whitish stripes on each side, edged with red or yellow: 

 it feeds on the lirne (Tilia Europcea). The insect is rare. 



LEPIDOPTERA. ARCTIID^E. 



ARCTIA. 



Generic Distinctions. Antenna rather long, bipectinate (having a 

 double series of hairs) in the male, serrated in the female ; proboscis 

 very short; palpi, basal joint longer than the second; wings very 

 thickly covered with scales ; colours deep black, crimson and yellow, 

 in spots and bars. 



ARCTIA VILLICA. (Frontispiece.) Cream-spot Tiger- 

 Moth. This species measures about two inches and a half; 

 the anterior wings are deep black, spotted with cream- 

 colour ; under wings rather deep yellow, with spots of black, 

 and a large black patch on the outer angle spotted with the 

 ground-colour : the thorax is black, with two cream-coloured 

 spots ; the body yellow at the base, and terminating in red, 

 with longitudinal rows of black spots. The caterpillar, 

 when full-grown, is black, with tufts of greyish-brown hairs ; 

 it feeds on many common field-plants. This insect is not 

 so common as others of the genus. 



