4 PLATE CCCXCVII. 



which contains befides the male of the fame infea. Efnft is evi. 

 dently in doubt whether to coniider it as a variety of the Bombyx 

 Dromedarius differing only from that infeft in the gradations of co- 

 lour, or as a diftina fpecies ; this he leaves for time and future re- 

 fearches to determine. He obferves, however, and it is a itrong ar- 

 gument in favour of its being diftina, that the males in M. Ueming's 

 colleaion, are of the fame colour as the female he reprefents, and 

 the like circumftance is exemplified in our fpecimens*. 



The variety fig. 1. of the B. Tritophus of Efper appears to be 

 of the fame fpecies as our B. Zebu, but of this we cannot fpeak 

 with confidence. Schneider certainly notices it. Fabricius proba- 

 bly confidered it as a variety of B. Dromedarius. 



F I G. II. 

 PHAL^NA CASSINIA. 



TRILINEATED MOTH. 

 SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



SYNONYMS, 



Wings deflected, grey with abbreviated fcattered black lines : thorax 

 with a black line each fide, and in the middle. 



* " M. Gerning qui poilede dans fa collection Pindividu feraelle dont nous donnons 

 Je portrait en deffus ct en deffous, Jig. 267. f, /, le croit une variety de cette efpece, 

 sialgre la difference que Ton y remarque dans les nuances. Cepeadant comme il a deft 

 males de la meme couleur, il n'ofe afiurer que ce ne foit point une efpece differente. 

 Le temps feul et leg reicrches peuvent nos en rendre cerfain," Ernjl, 



BOMBYX 



