ENTOMOLOGY. 



PLATE CLXXIII. 



BOMBYX ARGUS 

 LONG-TAILED ARGUS BOMBYX 



Lepidoptera. 



generic character. 



Antennae gradually tapering from the base to the tip : tongue 

 spiral : wings, when at rest, generally deflected. Fly by night. 

 * Wings expanded. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 

 AND 

 SYNONYMS. 



Wings tailed, pale ferruginous with numerous transparent 

 ©cellar dots : tails very long. 



Bombyx Argus : alis patentibus caudatis pallide ferrugineis : 

 punetis ocellaribus fenestratis numerosis caudis 

 longissimis. Fabr. Syst. EnU t. 8. p. 1. p. 414, 2L 



Bombyx Brachyura : Drury Ins. 3. pi 29. 



Phalena Brachyura : Cramer Ins. 3. tab. 29. fig. I. 



