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TAB. LXXI. 



PHALjENA furcula. 



&ittkn moth. 



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POPUJ-US MQNiUPERJ. JH\ UOKT. KEIK K 3. 40G\ 



CANADIAN FOPLAIL 



Ph# fkmlyt clingtii*, thorace varicgato, ali* RnteU baft apiccquc albi* nSjrjo punftatU. 







Tub caterpillar, the li/e of the fmillcr figure. Wlfl taken the Latter end of July, 

 feeding on that kind of Poplar vulgarly called the Cotton tree. When disturbed 

 it iuoot»out of the ends of ita forked tail two lint orange- coloured thread*. Early 

 in Autn.ul it ihed it* ikin, and amuncd the colour reprefemed in the larger figure. 

 On the 10th of that month it cnctolcd iliclf in a cafe, made of chip* of the wood, 

 andatfitcd lo a branch, 'll>c moth came out April 24lh. It likewifc feed* on 

 the wild cherry and willow, and i» found alfo in Virginia, hut it i* a very rare 

 fpede* 



Thi> infoft. though rare, » well known in England. The Poplar on which it El deli- 

 neated foroeiimo bear* it* (ecu* in \hh country, bui the cotton, which plentifully enfold* 

 thero, feem* loo flrat and wrak to be manufactured to any purpofr. 





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