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TAIL XCVII. 



PHALiENA PHYTOLACCA 



PORE -WEED MOTH. 



PHYTOLACCA DECANIitlA. I.I.W. 

 VIRGINIAN POKK-WEED. 



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PI J, AWAu fjmilingui* eriflata, a) is dcflexi*: tfriraoribw fulco firiatit purrfo obfcuro mir- 

 %\iK poflko nigro maculatO! aotcrtori pundato. 



Feeds on the Poke, Garde!!*. &c. It went into the ground July the 3th r and rame 

 out I he l6lh. I once met with tliU caterpillar in fiich abtimUncc, that among a 

 great quantity of Poke plants there was fcarcely a tingle leaf untouched; molt of 

 thole caterpillars however were dy -blown by a common kind of ichneumon. The 

 moth is rare. 





ThhU allied to our FA. fixgiftr t lt itvl ft*wf«/. Between I he under winjpof atlihtfc 

 ihrrc U the greatdt afEnity. 'i"hcir f**f& too are of a firm] at origin red colour, anil their 

 nnooili Griped caterpillar* luxe much rcfcinbUucc to each other. 



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