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TAB. LXVIK 



PHAL/ENA ACRIA. 



CREAM ERMINE MOTIL 



CROTALAR1A PBRFOLUT& LINK 



rF.ftHOLIATE CJCOTALAHIA. 



Hi. Brnfy* clingui*, alia iWilcxia nirei*: r*mcl* lugru; coflalibtn ™}oribo s pcdiUw 



bui*, dorfo fulvo. 



uma< 



I*iUn> Aan. J>*9- hf. K I- *, *-/ 3. rank. 



The caterprtlar mi taken on the Cancer Weed in May, but it i* a general devourcr 

 of almott all ricld and garden pbfttl and weed*. It fpun up in a thin web inter- 

 miied with it* own hair* on the Iftll of May; th^ moth came out Juno 2. Other* 

 of ihe autumnal brood lalen in September, fpun on the iftthof that month, and 

 remained in the chilli* lill thesul *f April Tlic moth u let* frequently Icen 

 than the caterpillar, but in found in Virginia as well at Georgia. 



The Ermine Moth*, ai they arc called, arc neat aiin 10 the Tiger tribe, and follow ihcm 

 immediately in the Umwran SyAcm. Tl*c aUlomm h fimilarly fpotted in both, a< «]| m 

 the hmd wings though hide affinity ean be traced in li* fore one*. The caterpillar* too are 

 very much alike. 



Whether the j>bnt in the figure be what Mr. Abbot calli the Cancer Word, iter arc not 

 certain, though hi* account feetm to imply it. Toil Ihrub W bom my rare m our garden^, 

 and indeed Hill ti (o, though it m lately broiifiht from Carolina 1y that indefatigable col- 

 krtot Mr. Frafer. 



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