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PLATE XV. 



FHAL^NA C A J A, 



Great Tyger Moth. 

 Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennas taper from the bafe. No trunk. Wings depreffed, de-* 

 jHexed. Back fmooth. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae feathered. Firft wings whitifh, with large irregular dark 

 |>rown 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 

 pf 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 

 are common to the Moth, 



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