6 Mr. Becxwitn’s Hiflory, &c. 
Ípicuoufly feen. It is the moft (lender larva of a Noctua that I ever 
obferved, and at firít fight greatly refembles many of the Geometrz, 
whofe motion likewife it in fome degree imitates. I found it upon 
the fallow near Brentwood on the 18th of June, and it went into 
the earth in about a week. "The pupa I am unacquainted with. 
The Phalæna, fig. 11. was bred from the above larva on the 
24th of July ; in its perfect ftate it runs with great celerity in the 
day. It is extremely rare. 
Deícr. Phal. No&ua Chryfoglefa. Spirilinguis criftata, alis fu- 
perioribus grifeis fubfalcatis ftrigis tribus albis primoribus 
abbreviatis. 
Expanfio alarum, I uncia. 
Lingua flava. Ale fuperiores fubfalcatæ, Rte 
five albidæ atomis fufcis confperfæ, in ipfà bafi ftriga albida 
abbreviata, paullo intervallo ftriga albida continuata. Extra 
hanc duz maculz fuíce quarum interior fubovata, exterior 
reniformis, albidà lineà cinétæ. Intra marginem exteriorem 
ftriga albida, et linea alba ad marginem. Margo exterior 
ftrigarum omnium faturatior et maculis concolor. _ 
Alz inferiores fufcefcentes. BE 
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