Crinum pedunculatum

Swamp Lily

family AMARYLLIDACEAE

the insect illustrated was painted as:
Polio festiva
now known as:
Spodoptera picta

artist: Scott, Harriet (1832 - 1910)

Harriet and Helena Scott completed a magnificent collection of watercolour plates for their father A.W Scott's publication Australian Lepidoptera and Their Transformations (Vol I published 1864 and Vol II 1890-1898). These original plates of moths and butterflies were purchased by the Australian Museum in 1884 and are preserved in the Museum's Archives.