ARCTIA OCULATISSIMA. 



PLATE XX. Fig. 4. 



Bombyx ocularis, Fair.; Cramer, t. 344, fig. D, and voL v. 

 pi. 41, fig. 3. — Phal. oculatissima, Abbot and Smith, Lepid. 



Georg., ii. pi. 69 Phal. Noct. Scribonia, Stoll, pL 41, fig. 3. 



— Bombyx chryseis ? Encyc. Meth. 



The Great Leopard Ermine Moth, like several 

 others of the same tribe we have figured, is a 

 native of Georgia and other parts of North America, 

 but it does not appear to be very common. The 

 wings of the female expand three inches three 

 quarters, those of the male nearly ? an inch less. 

 Antennas black ; head white, with a black point on 

 each side near the insertion of the antennas. Thorax 

 with ten or twelve black spots, some or all of them 

 with a pale bluish-white centre, making them ap- 

 pear annular; the two hinder spots largest, and 

 somewhat curved. Ground colour of the wings 

 white, the surface of the upper pair variegated with 

 black spots, most of -which are ocular, placed irregu- 

 larly towards the base, but having a tendency to 

 form transverse rows externally ; the hinder wings 

 also white, with a few faint black spots behind. 

 The abdomen is blue-black, variegated on the back 



