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ARCTIA HEBE. 



PLATE XIX. Fig. 1. 



Shrank, b. ii. 152. — Bombyx Hebe, Linn. Huhner, Bo., pi. 30, 

 fig. 129; Roesel, Insecten Belustigung, iv. t 27, figa. 1,2; 

 Goedart, Pap. de France. 



This insect, belonging to the same genus as the well 

 known Great Tiger Moth of this country, has been 

 mentioned by several authors as a native of Britain, 

 but although occuring in several parts of the con- 

 tinent of Europe in some plenty, there is no authen- 

 ticated instance of its having been found here. It 

 is a handsome insect, measuring two inches and a 

 quarter between the tips of the wings ; the anterior 

 pair of the latter deep black, with five irregular 

 white bars, the two exterior ones united by a longi- 

 tudinal white bar. The posterior wings are deep 

 red, with several abbreviated irregular black fascia? ; 

 the fringe likewise black. Head and thorax deep 

 black, the collar bright red ; abdomen of the same 

 colour as the hinder wings ; the apex and a broad 

 dentate band down the back black. 



Several varieties are described by Goedart ; 1st, 

 one in which the third band of the upper wings is 



