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ARCTIA HEBE. 
PLATE XIX. Fig. 1. 
Shrank, b. ii. 152. — Bombyx Hebe, Linn. Hubner, Bo., pL 30, 
fig. 129 ; RoescI, Insecten Belustigung, iv. t. 27, figs. 1, 2 ; 
Goedart, Pap. do France. 
This insect, belonging to the same genus as the well 
known Great Tiger Moth of this country, has been 
mentioned by several authors as a native of Britain, 
but although occuring in several parts of the con- 
tinent of Europe in some plenty, there is no authen- 
ticated instance of its having been found here. It 
is a handsome insect, measuring two inches and a 
quarter between the tips of the wings ; the anterior 
pair of the latter deep black, with five irregular 
white bars, the two exterior ones united by a longi- 
, tudinal white bar. The posterior wings are deep 
red, with several abbreviated irregular black fascite ; 
the fringe likewise black. Head and thorax deep 
black, the collar bright red ; abdomen of the same 
colour as the hinder wings ; the apex and a broad 
dentate band down the back black. 
Several varieties are described by Goedart; 1st, 
one in which the third band of the upper wings is 
