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TAB. XLVl. 



P H ALiENA PRO ME THE A. 



SMALBfiR DAKK-BROWN EMPEROR MOTH. 



UftLKSIA TBTRjIPTERji. LINK 



SNOW pROr TREE. 



Fh. jf tutus pcffinjcoml* c.inguU, alt* ful.f .!catii fateii luauhfque obfoletii ,ifo-dis: murine 

 gnfm: jtiimoriN't uccllo ante apicrni nigro, 



Plulxiti Pru&ttfai. Dntfi fy K*. fc 11./ 1,3, w, 1KA '. 11/1,1, fanilai. 

 IVxi>^l Pranttbo. fjiV. £tM. «*/ J'.4, 4H. 



This caterpillar feed* upon the Snow-drop fret*, Poplar. Bay, Sauafras, &c It 

 fpun May 2ad, and carae out Silt June. One which fpun in autumn came out 

 13th of April, The web, of an oblong form, ami having an inner cafe, i* fufpenda! 

 to a leaf, ami looks like a dead leaf rolled up. It is not common, 



Tlib if evidently very nearly related to J* &tn/*n and, though fnecincally dulinel, ought 

 certainly lo be placed next io It Indeed the male and female fik* of /Vow/Aw arc fo dirTcr- 

 ent in colour, and the biiter i* fo like Grmf&x, except in fixe, that it it not eafy to cooUirc 

 a definition winch ihatl include both fexc*. And yet diutnguirti ihcm from that ftjtck*. 



