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PHALjENA punctatissima. 

 small ermine moth. 



MOR US RUBRA LINK 

 MtP MUUFkUY TltEt 



Fll. Ikmfyr rliagm*. alia dcflexi* eorpoteqoc nirei* irigro pun Amis' I borate utrinqur 



A»9*/^ rai.Mw*/^ h 





It^ food is the Mulberry, Perfimmon, Wilbw, and Wild Cherry* l( fpun tm the 

 ]N*h of May. and eame out on tbc ill of Jut*c. Tl»e whole brood of caterpillar* 

 feed* together in a web, and will often entirely deflroy the leave* of a fmall tree. 

 Thi* Ipecie* t* alfo a native of Virginia* 



Whrfhn ih"j* be the Cvx/j of Mr. Drury or not* it tJrfirvc* a more expreflive,, or rather 

 lef* rrnxjcou* name* The ctaradef alx»e-giier, apptie* totlie male only, the fcmtlc being 

 entirely white* 





