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TAB. LXE. 



P H A L JE N A REG I A. 



ROYAI, PERSIMMON MOTH, 



DIOSPYKOS PJRGIttMNJ, LIX\. 

 rSBSlUHOK, OB aueik an date riUM. 



a*. MOMtrc&s atmvn dux dkpb&ssis, noxso LAn 

 Fib H^lyw clirtgun, slit dcflciii grifco-luftn flavo maculati* Jul 



corpoTrcuc fill it*. 



*oquc ncnofi*: poflicii 



Frco* on IVrfimmon, Walnut, Hickory, dim! Sumach. Otw went into the ground 

 June l6th P andaimeoul the 27th of July; anothertbeStli of Augult,nml remained 

 in the diryJali* till May uth, Tbi caterpillar » called in Virginia the Hickory 

 Horned Devil When dirturbed it draw* tip iu head at in tlic ilgurc. fluking or 

 (Inking it from llde Co fide, and making a formidable appearance, imbmurh that 1 

 never law any one who would venture to handle it, people in general dreading it a* 

 much a* a rattlesnake. Xcrcrthelcit it i* peffedly harmIcf N neither flinging by in 

 horn* nor any other part. When 1 June namilrd tin* animal in the prciWicc of the 

 nrgroc*, to convince them it wo* innocent, they would rcplv that it could not 

 tlifig me. hut would them. When I lit* caterpillar change* to a chrylali*. the horns 

 comeolF with the Ikim It in not common, and is generally found ibiitarv. only 

 one ot them being on a tree at a time When fmall they are Mack- Oar figure it 

 rather under the lull fizc. 



The Specimen of ihu inkfl iti Mr, Lee*» cabincl, from winch rabriciu* nude hi* deferip- 

 lion, i*amah\ and htj pc^irutcd rattan with a uj>er point, a* in our Pk t t^tra/tt: ,:,.] 

 it* M**, to which indeed tlu* k fovnrwhot related 1 but iu wing* arc defitxed, not reverted, 

 and therefore it could not be placed with thofc fpceie*- Wo believe ir really belong* to th II 

 iribe of moth* which Linrai* hat called Jfefcui ,%**,. as the whole ttyle of it* colouring 

 very itfrrcptibly indicate*. It lu» truly no lougue, but the pce>tn*ted antrum* of the male 

 fotbid m to call it a jV*aw. Yet fomc of tlic tribe to winch wt allude hare peclinatod an- 

 tenna, a* />*\ Uf+Fm* t and a Urge new fpeck* from New South Wale* like PL StrU. If j 

 natural dirrributioo of thdc animal* mould ever be discovered, it rnufl be from more obferra- 

 lions upon them through all their donge* titan luwe vet born nude. What »* offer arc only 

 trey jwrtial hinU toward* tUi dcfirahlc end* 



