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THK FRIENDLY MOTH. 

 I'halcena Arnica. 



PLATE LXXXIV. 



Phalxna Arnica, Turton's Linn(. 



The wings are black, with an articulated crimson 

 band on each, a little way from the margins, which 

 are fringed ; the body is of a chestnut brown ; the 

 eyes crimson ; antcnnre, long and smooth ; and with 

 a transverse crimson fillet across the back, immedi- 

 ately under the head. 



This rare moth is a native of Africa. 



