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TAB. LVIH. 

 PHALiENA PELLUCIDA. 



TRANSPARENT-WINGED WHITE-SPOT MOTH. 



QUERCUS fCIGIU. 1. 1 \ \. 

 IILACK DAK. 



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Ph. li^fyr dinguia, ali* rwtriii fnfco-tdUceir. nurgine eateriorc purpurco: prirooribu* 



punAo central! mvco, 



RuUm tW£t*£fe. Dr+ V 4l*f r.l. r. l*./ar Icnolr. 



Tin food of this caterpillar i* the Bbck Jack and other Oaks, It buried Ufrlf July 

 12th, and the moth appeared the 20Ol Another went into the ground AuRutt 

 9th, and came out the 24th* It likewife come* forth early in the fpring, for I have 

 taken ilii* fncaca of moth on the 10th of May. The middle of the upper wing b 

 the male i« quite Iranfparrnt* fceming to betray an affinity to the Humble-bee 

 Sphinx. It i* not common, and ha* not. ] believe, been found in Virginia, 



Tim and the three prceedujR fpcric* ctidemly form a niraral fcmilj of PU^^/Janfy Mt 

 which agree in iba honu on the neck of the caterpillar, and double fptooi along iti bad i tbo 

 rtraighi projecting uil of the dir>falU,and minute prieik* placed more or Jef.ou fctml part* 

 ofiufurfiee; and finally m the whole habit, yellowim colourf, and peculiar marking of the 

 perfoft iiuecl, a* wdl a* the antenna* of the male being Gathered al the bale only. Mr, 

 Dairy'* virpmtfM fcem* l0 . be ihe female of our /tYoWiJj, done from a laded fpecimen. 



