THE HEBE MOTH. 

 Phalcena Hebe. 



PLATE LXXXV. 



Pliiilteiia Hcbc, Linn. Syst. Nut. ii. p. 820 Turton's 



Linne, iii. p. 222 Frisch. vii. pi. 7. fig. 9 — Roes. iv. 



pi. 27, fig. 1, 2. 



The upper wings are black, with transverse bands 

 of white, which are edged with pale cream colour ; the 

 under wings of rich crimson, with curiously shaped 

 clouds of black, which are edged with golden yel- 

 low; the head and body are black ; below the head 

 is a transverse spot of bright crimson ; the antennse 

 are long, black, and setaceous, decreasing from the 

 base to the tips ; on each side of the body is a row 

 of six large, circular crimson spots, with a line of the 

 same colour passing through them. The abdomen, 

 crimson. 



This higlily beautiful species is figured of the 

 natural size ; it is a native of Germany, and some 

 other parts of continental Europe, but has not hitlicr- 

 to been found in Britain. The larva, or caterpillar, 

 is solitary ; moderately large ; very hairy ; and of 

 a blackish, or dusky colour, rufous beneath, with the 

 three last segments rust coloured. The chrysalis is 

 of a blackish cast. 



