ATLAS MOTH. 



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and the oval objects are the cocoons which are spun by its 

 larva. 



The Atlas Moth belongs to the same genus as the emperor 

 moth, which has just been described, and is a truly splendid 

 insect, though without the beautiful colours which decorate the 

 emperor. Creamy white, soft yellow, and pale brown are the 

 cliief tints of the Atlas Moth, but they are so beautifully blended, 

 the plumage is of so downy a softness, and the expanse of wing 

 is so great, that the Atlas holds its own even amid the more 

 vividly colovued lepidoptera of its own country. 



oiKirncua axd atlas iu/rii. 



There are many members of this genus scattered over the 

 different parts of tJie earth, the iinest and largest specimens 



