THE MATRONULA MOTH. 

 P/ialiena ^falronu^a. 



r'halxni Matronula, Linn. Stjsl. Nat. ii. p. 835 — Shaw's 

 JValiiralisIs'' Miscellany, pi. 932 — Merlan's Insects of 

 Europe, p. 53, No. 5. 



The superior wings of the Matronula Moth are ol' 

 a rich fawn coloured brown, with two abbreviated 

 rich golden yellow bands, and three large spots on 

 each wing, — the whole forming a kind of macular 

 transverse band on each wing ; the inferior wings 

 are ochre yellow, with three largo clouds of black on 

 each ; the head and back are black, the latter with 

 a golden band on each side, and a spear-shaped mark 

 of the same colour under the head ; on the back is 

 a horseshoe-shaped band of rich crimson ; the eyes 

 are golden-yellow, and the antennte black, long, and 

 smooth ; the abdomen is bright scarlet, spotted with 

 black ; at the upper margin of each of the annula- 

 tions are small spots of the same colour on each side. 



This moth is a native of various parts of Germany, 

 where its larva is said to feed on the leaves of the 

 common mugwort, the Artemisia vulgaris of Lin- 

 nseus. 



