Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . e spot is about the size of that ofthe upper wings, but is so surrounded with yellow and blackas to bear a singular resemblance to a human eye with darkeyebrows. The body is of the same colour as the upper wings, and thethorax is clothed with long hairs, which in the male project intwo long tufts over the base of the wings. The insect beinga very large one, the figure is little more than half its real size. THE two following illustrations represent an insect very beauti-ful both in form
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . e spot is about the size of that ofthe upper wings, but is so surrounded with yellow and blackas to bear a singular resemblance to a human eye with darkeyebrows. The body is of the same colour as the upper wings, and thethorax is clothed with long hairs, which in the male project intwo long tufts over the base of the wings. The insect beinga very large one, the figure is little more than half its real size. THE two following illustrations represent an insect very beauti-ful both in form and colour, the Attacus [or Tclca] luna of North THE LUNA SILK MOTH. 673 America. This Moth has been bred in England, and mkchtperhaps take its place among the insects which supply silk forcommerce. The description is taken from a specimen in mycollection. In consequence of the size of the insect, my speci-men measuring seven inches across the wings, the figure isnecessarily reduced. The general colour is pale green, with two narrow bars of adarker hue in the upper pair, one being much lighter than the. Fig. 407.—Attacus luna.(Pale green.) other. A single bar of the same colour is on the lower very decided effect is given to the outlines of the upper wingsby a stripe of dark chocolate which runs along the edge. It isnarrow at the tip, and becomes wider at the base. It alsocrosses the front of the white thorax, so as to produce a verybold effect. The legs are of the same dark chocolate, and so isthe narrow line which represents the eyebrow, if it may so be x x 674 INSECTS ABROAD. called, of the eye-like spots. These are the only dark parts ofthe insect. In this species the transparent part ofa scarcely perceptible stripe, and the greyes may be briefly described as follows,chocolate eyebrow, through which runsthen comes the little transparent streakdun, separated from the pale green of the the eyes is reduced toound colouring of theFirst comes the darka line of pure whi
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