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line, and on the middle of the wing a large round blue spot, 
bavin" a broad black border and a central white dash. The 
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fore wings of the female (Fig. 192) are purple-brown, min- 
Fig. 192. 
gled with gray ; the zigzag and wavy lines across them are 
gray, and the lettered space in the middle is replaced by 
a brown spot surrounded by an irregular gray line ; the 
bind wings resemble those of the male in color and mark- 
ings ; the thorax and legs are purple-brown ; and the abdo- 
men is ochre-yellow, with a narrow purple-red band on the 
edge of each ring. These moths expand from two inches 
and three quarters to three inches and a half. 
The other Satnrnia, inhabiting Massachusetts, is the Main* 
(Fig. 193) of Drury, or Proserpina f of Fabricius. The 
Fig. 193. 
moth probably rests with its wings closed, like the Io moth, 
* Maia, in mythology, was one of the seven daughters of Allas; they were 
placed in the heavens after death, and formed the constellation called Pleiades. 
t Proserpina was the wife of l’luto, the god of the infernal regions. 
