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PLATE XV. 



^HAL^ENA CAJA. 



Great Tyger Moth, 



Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Antennae taper from the bafe. No trunk. Wings deprefled, de-^ 

 llexed. Back fmooth. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



, Antennae feathered. Firft wings whitifh, with large irregular dark 

 brown fpots. Abdomen and fecond wings orange, with black fpots. 



The fuperior wings in fome of this fpecies have 'fmaller brown 

 fpots, and more of the cream colour ; in others the fpots are larger,'and 

 frequently two are united to form one. The inferior wings alfo admit 

 of equal variety ; the fpots near the thorax are often united, and the 

 fmall black ftripes on the back are fewer in the prefent fpecimen than 

 ?re common to the Moth. 



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