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TAB, XLVU. 





PHALyENA POLYPHEMUS. 



PEACOCK EMPEROR MOTH. 



QUERCUS LO&ULATji. SOLA SO. MSS. 



MANY Mi: i [) OAK< 



1 li* Attaint pct*iLnteombi aK* ftWti* rrifco-camfi* fjfcia rubnurgituli nigrieantc occlto fc- 

 DcJiratoiliro!ugt<K]occtnfko: poflicarum majori. 



(IW^lmiBi, Fjtr,E9*m*tmt*J. K4. 410. 



Feeds upon ili'- different kind* of Oakj . alio on the Apple, Quince, Chin^uapine 

 (fVigru pnmiht), &c. It fpun up i£th May, and came out Itfih June* Another 

 which Ipun September sth t came out 2d M;n»h following. It attache* it* web to 

 the under fide of a leaf, taking care to (pin round the tlalk of the leaf and a part of 

 the twig, l>y which mean* (he ehrjfalis is kept from falling off during winter 

 Under every red foot on the caterpillar i» foinelime*, but not always a tpeck of 

 bright filvcr. '1 lie caterpillar in our figure is fomcwliat Icls than its lull ii/e. This 

 kind has been bred in England. The mollis of the Emperor tribe in general are 

 called Silkworm* by the people of Georgia. 





Tlic fpecic* of oak here deli neatr*! it unquenioiubly a new one, and may be chiri&eriinl 

 fsJtif /afoui pathflvrtrihti uMfJffttto l<J\ttij/rahi»fivth : Ufii tthiltfonf rotiwdjtu, winch are nearly 

 the word* of Dr. Solinder. The leaves arc laid to be deciduous Their rough upper fui face 

 u remarkable ia lite fpecinxm in Sir Jofcph Bank A herbarium. 



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