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THE RIIODOI'H MOTH. 

 Phaliena lihodope. 



PLATE LXXUVll. 



PhaloMM Rhodopc, Fab. Sp. In. ii. p. 163 — Cramer, Int. 

 pi. ;«), fig. E. 



The upper wings are black ; and the under wings 

 of a bright blue, radiated with black ; the body is 

 black, with a large spot of blue towards its centre ; 

 the lower part of the segments of the abdomen are 

 of a bright orange, with square and lanceolate spots 

 on the lower part of the back ; the head is orange, 

 and the antennse long and setaceous. 



This remarkable and singularly shaped insect is 

 an inhabitant of China, and is represented on the 

 plate of its natural size. 



