170 



TAB. XC. 



PHALiENA AMASIA. 



VELLOW-l'SDF.ItWlNfi I.OOPER MOTH. 



MELIA A7.F.I>ARACtt. L I ,V ,V. 

 BKAD TBEF, OB MIIDK Of CHINA. 



Pll. AiA« fpirilingui. erirtala. alh cinereo albidoqw rarii, flrigi fulva, poflid. !«« £,rdii 



Oiulntmlrit: cxtcriori inicmipta. 



This caterpillar wtl taken fading on the Pride of China, but it, moll common 

 food » of the oak kind, It (pun among tbe ham May 2. and came out the Sfltft. 

 The moth may often be found filling on the trunks of large oak*, and is a native 

 of Virginia an well as of Georgia. 



In ihis fpceks the fc*. differ more tl*n ufual In a* colour oT their upper wfep. FVom 

 the beautiful male out <l lfl rafl« i, taken, according , genera! eullom in infaa. as -ell a, 

 buds; but it applies alfo to the female j« much ai polRblc. 





























































^V 1 







