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THE PUSS MOTH. 



Phaleena Vinula. 



PLATE xxxvi. 



Phalaena vinula, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 815. No. 29. 



Wilk's Pap. tab. 13. fig. 1. E 1 Donovan's Brit. Ins. 



iii. p. 33.pl. 85 Cerura vinula, (Schrank,}Rennie*s Con- 



spectus, p. 32. 



THE antennae are feathered; the wings gray, 

 streaked, and waved with dull black zigzag lines, 

 somewhat diaphanous ; the thorax and abdomen 

 are gray, spotted with black. The wings of the 

 male are from two inches and a half to two inches 

 and three quarters in extent, while those of the 

 female are from three inches and a twelfth to a 

 third. They are of an ashy gray colour ; the first 

 pair with the upper edge spotted with black ; the 

 nervures are yellow \ they have two convergent and 

 slanting rows of black spots near the base, followed 

 by a brown waved streak ; towards the middle a 

 black crescent pointing outwards, between which 

 and the tip are two very acutely waved brownish 

 slanting streaks. The second pah* of wings have a 

 dingy crescent spot on the disc, and one or two 

 spots on the hinder margin, towards the posterior 

 angle. 



