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TAB, XLV, 



P H A L yK N A CECROP I A. 



GRKAT BROWN BMREROB MOTH. 



I'RUNUS PEXSYM'JKICA £/JOK SVPPL. 212 ? 



WILD AMKRIOAK PLUM. 



L ATT4QI rr.cji.xicQxxi:s 



Ph. Att&au pcftiincomit rlinguts *1« fuWaleAli* grifri* firicu lunulifnoc fblvi*: jtriaioribus 



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I*jt4, O-mr^- ^^.JAA 



V\ t>^ ntwm the wiM plum tree; here fipircd, the fruit of which is not cafablcp and 

 atfoon the garden plum, red root, &t\ It fpun on the 17th of June, and the moth 

 Came out the 30th of March following. 



Tlii* raitfuUlar i* hard to railc in (he houfe, a» it will not feed frcclv in confinc- 

 iik-iiI. It f|>iim upon a twig. Tlicoullidc web i* coarfe, the inner covered with tilk 

 like a filkwortn"* cocoon: It is Ittid tlii* ulk fas been carded, tj>un, and made into 

 llocfcings anJ that it will waili like linen. However the fpecic* is loo rare to he 

 of anv utilit v iii Georgia. It i* in>t in Virginia, but common &\ New York, and lias 

 been bred in England from lutm* \ ■:■ 1 i;: I ' over in the chrvtali* llatc. The catcrnil- 

 Ian were fed on tiic apple-tree. 



Wc cannoJ in thi* in fiance commend flic nomenclature of Ltmkrus aor is it cafr to con- 

 jecture- whit connexion lie inugiricd between thit moth, magnificent as it it, and the city of 

 Alliens to which iu name implies it lo belong. 



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