GREAT TIGER-MOTH. 
The large and very handsome Moth repre- 
sented in the annexed figure, called by aureli- 
ans, the Great Tiger- Moth, obviously derives 
it's name from the resemblance v^^hlch the beau- 
tiful markings, on it's upper and under wings, 
bear to those on the skin of the Tiger. 
Perhaps, were this fine Moth a foreigner, 
or even rarely met with, it would be far more 
highly prized ; but, being a native of our ov^n 
country, and found very frequently even in the 
^^icinity of the metropolis, it's beauties are too 
familiar to our eyes to excite any extraordi- 
aary admiration. 
The species, however, possesses the power- 
ful attraction of variety ; since, contrary to 
what is generally observed both in the Moth 
ind Butterfly tribes, instead of an almost con« 
stantly exact uniformity in the various indivi- 
luals of the same species and sex? there caa 
hardly 
