THE 
ATLAS MOTH. 
Generic Character, 
The Antennce or Horns Setaceous, decreasing in 
fize from the bafe to the point. 
The Wings, when at reft, generally defledted. 
Flight, generally nodturnal. 
Specific Character. 
MOTH with fub-falcated Wings, varied with 
different Shades of ferruginous and orange ; 
with a large tranfparent fpot on each, and 
a fmaller contiguous fpot on the upper 
wings. Colour of both the furfaces nearly 
the fame. 
The Moth figured in this plate is the largeft fpecies 
of Phalaena, hitherto difeovered ; it mult be unne¬ 
cessary to add, that it is one of the moft beautiful. 
Linnaeus, in the Syftema Naturae, calls it SpeciofilTuna 
Phaltenarum. It has been long known to naturalilts, 
and has been figured by Madam Merian, amongll the 
infedts of Surinam. The figure, however, which Ihe 
has given, does not by any means do juftice to the un¬ 
common elegance of the infedt itfclf. The Caterpillar 
from which this remarkable Moth is produced, is very 
large, of a green colour, and Surrounded by rings of yel¬ 
low 
