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Intermediate Tiger-moth

Plate XI — Intermediate Tiger-moth is Fig. 20
Plate XI — Intermediate Tiger-moth is Fig. 20

This species which is by some authors regarded as a southern form of A. parthenice, is intermediate in size between A. virgo and A. parthenice. It closely resembles the latter in the maculation of the wings, but the pinkish-white stripes on the primaries are broad as in A. virgo.