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TAB. LXXXVII. 





PHAUNA AURORA. 



PINK AND YELLOW PROMINENT MOTH. 



QUERCUS ALBA. LISN* 

 WHIT* OAK, 





111. Bvnfyx dmgui*? ali* primoritxu flari* bafi mirgiDcquc bnguuico irroraii** 



Tu i: caterpillar wai taken on (he Timber White Oak, but feeds alio on other ijie- 

 riaofGak. It weal into the ground and cnclofcd tllclf in a thin cafe of dirt July 

 15th, appearing on the win-; Au^utt ;th. Sumrtimc* thiv fpcctr* alfo buries itfclf 

 In autumn, and remain* till the tpring, at which fcafon the moth may now and 

 thru be obicrved fitting on the oak branches, Thi* kind U found alio in Virginia, 

 though far from common. 







In thi* figure the Iwca arc kfi deeply tubed tlian ufm) in the Qu/rm w/A-% but we be- 

 lieve it to be a mere laricly. 



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