MOTHS OF THE LIMBERLOST 



brown alternating with white, the brown being twice 

 the size of the white. The sides of the abdomen are 

 flushed with beautiful rosy pink, and beneath, it is tan 

 colour. 



The wings are works of art. The front are a rich olive 

 brown, marked the long way in the middle by a wide 

 band of buff, shading to lighter buff at the base. They 

 are edged from the costa to where they meet the back 

 wings, with a hne of almost equal width of darker buff, 

 the lower edge touched with white. Beginning at the 

 base, and running an equal distance apart from the costa 

 to this line are fine markings of white, even and clear as if 

 laid on with a ruler. 



The surprise comes in the back wings, that show almost 

 entirely when the moth is poised before a flower. These 

 have a small triangle of the rich dark brown, and a 

 band of the same at the lower edge, with a finish of olive, 

 and a fine line of white as a marginal decoration. Cross- 

 ing each back wing is a broad band of lovely pink of 

 deeper shade than the colour on the sides. This pink, 

 combined with the olive, dark browns, and white hning, 

 makes the colour scheme of peculiar richness. 



Its antennae are long, clubbed, and touched with white 

 at the tips. The legs and body are tan colour. The 

 undersides of the wings are the same as the upper, but 

 the markings of brown and buffish pink show through in 

 lighter colour, while the white lining resembles rows of 



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