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ARCTIA OCULATISSIMA. 
PLATE XX. Fig. 4. 
Bombyx ocularia, Fabr. ; Cramer, t. 344, fig. D, and vol. v. 
pi. 41, fig. 3. — Phal. oculatissima. Abbot and Smith, Lepid. 
Geory., ii. pi. 69._Phal. Noet. Scribonia, SiolL, pi. 41, fig. 3. 
— Bombyx chryseis? Encyc. Metli. 
The Great Leopard Ermine Moth, like several 
others of the same tribe we have figured, is a 
native of Georgia and other parts of North America, 
but it does not appear to be very common. The 
wings of the female expand three inches three 
quarters, those of the male nearly an inch less. 
Antennae black ; head white, with a black point on 
each side near the insertion of the antennae. Thorax 
with ten or twelve black spots, some or all of them 
with a pale bluish-white centre, making them ap- 
pear annular; the two hinder spots largest, and 
somewhat curved. Ground colour of the wings 
white, the surface of the upper pair variegated with 
black spots, most of which are ocular, placed irregu- 
larly towards the base, but having a tendency to 
form transverse rows externally ; the hinder wings 
also white, with a few faint black spots behind. 
Tlie abdomen is blue-black, variegated on the back 
