[ V ] 



PLATE CLII. 



PHAL.-ENA AESCULI. 



Wood Leopard Moth. 



Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae taper from the bafe. Wings In general deflexed when at 

 reft. Fly by night. 



» SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNONTMS. 



Wings white, with many dark blue round fpots. Six fpots on the 

 Thorax. 



Phal^na Aesculi elinguis lasvls nivea, antennis thorace brevio- 

 ribus, alls pun6lis numerofis coeruleo nigris, thorace 

 fenis. Lin. Syji. Nat. 2. 833. 83. — Fn. Sv. 1 150. 



Bomhyx AefcuUj Mant. Inf. 2. 116. 85. 



Hepialus Aefculi. Fab, Spec. Inf. 2. 2o8. 146. 4. 



Coflijs Aefculi. Wien. Ferzekhn. tab. tit. praf. ASfa Soc. Berol. phys^ 

 3. tab. I. fig. 1.2. 

 Pod. Inf. 88. 16. 



Wood Leopard Moth. Harris Inf. angl. 



It is to a very fingular and trivial circumftance we are indebted for 

 the fpecimens of both the male and female of this rare fpecies. 

 They were obferved together on the bark of an elm tree in the Mall 

 in St. James's Park, by fome ignorant perfons, who being terrified at 

 their extraordinary appearance, attempted to deftroy them, but a 



gentleman 



