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TAB. C. 



P H A L i£ N A RHEXIJE. 



TOBACCO -BUD-WORM MOTH. 





It 11 EX I A VtRQItflCA LINK 



If AlKY-LEAVCD IWtfcXlA 



Pli. Actfaj Ipiritingui* ctithb, alis primoribut vindibut llrigii tranficrfu macutifque ii 

 mcdii* flavi*; potiicl* jlbi* iiiarj;inc fuieo. 



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Eats tlw bud an<! bloftbm of the llhtxia, a* well as of the Tobacco; to the biter 

 it is very pernicious in Virginia and other places, as it dcrtroy* the main moot. 

 The fame method is iifexl to get rid of thi.% a» with the Ph. fntgipenta, f. flf), 

 throwing hot land or wood -a the* upon tlie plants or die the wont! are picked oil 

 by the hand. One of them went into the ground, and (pun a web there, July Mth# 

 and the fly came out the 0th of Augufl. Another buried itfctf the aath of AuRult. 

 and came lorth the I3lci of September. 'Jlie moth n not very common* 





At firJt fight mi* moth rctnnble* the Tutrix Ptjfxttu, but it b truly j AVfaj, and, 

 we think, quite new. It liat funic affinity lo the lafl, and tin plant it fmb on i* ttofrly 

 silted to U>c &*ot, ninth made u» prefer naming it nom that, rather than fium thr To- 



