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TAB. LXVIII. 



f 



P H A L jE N A ECHO. 



BLACK-STREAKED ERMINE MOTH. 



f 



Pll. &mfyx clingui*, alii dcHcxi* niteb 



gfOqUt 



i innwpie nigro margining dorfo luico- ni- 

 htto. 



Feeds on Ground Oak, Ferfimmon. and levenl other lrc<*« li formal Hi web 

 &bj$lfi; one came out (he 23d of Augaft, but the reft remained in chrrfalu till 

 the Hth of April. It Is a rare ipecic** 





The marking of thil moth i* very peculiar, ami drtfaguilhe* it from alJ we hair before 

 fccfu Errry nenr is accompanied on each fide by a dirt line, or fccvm inUid a* it were into 

 a black flripc. Tbc name &A* may, by a little flrrteh of fancy, be found to csprefi its thin 

 oanefcent appearance. It frami* if wafting to * made 



i ibi i-\ i 



Cmfotk mm i ifttV 



The plant in thi* plate we lute not been able to determine* It it neither of thofr abo*c 

 named. It feem* of the Laurel kind, but can be referral to no defcribed fpecic*. and )xi may 

 perhaps be fome well known Ihruh that efeapc* our recolleelioo. m well m Irut of the moil 

 abTe botaniils who have ft en the drawing. 



