HEBE. 
Generic Character. 
Antennce setaceous, decreasing in size from the 
base to the tip. 
Wings, when at rest, generally deflected. 
Flight generally nocturnal. 
Specific Character. 
Phalaena with deflex wings, the upper ones 
white with black bars, the lower red with 
black spots. 
Moiiff'. ins. p. 93. f. 4, 5. 
Roes. ins. 4 . t. 27. 
Schceff. elem. t. 98. f. 1. 
This highly beautiful species is a native of Ger¬ 
many and some other parts of Europe, but seems 
not to have been hitherto observed in our own coun¬ 
try. The larva or caterpillar is moderately large, 
very hairy, and of a blackish or dusky colour, ru¬ 
fous beneath, The chrysalis is also of a blackish 
cast. 
