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PLATE XLV. 



PHALiENA J ACOBJEJE, 



Cinnabar Moth, 

 Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Phal^na. 



Spiral Trunk ; Back fmooth, without Creft, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae and body black. Firit Wings dark olive, with longitu- 

 dinal red line near the anterior margin, and two red fpots near the 



exterior. Second Wings red, with a black margin. Syji. EnU 



588. 113. — Linn. SyJi, Nat. 2. 839. iii.—Fn. Sv. 1155. 



As the Rag-wort grows fpontaneoufly in almoft every part of the 

 country, the yearly increafe of the Cinnabar Moth Caterpillars is ge- 

 nerally confiderable ; and though many muft inevitably perifh before 

 they arrive at perfeftion, the Fly may always be found in j^eiity in 

 June, the Caterpillars in July and Auguft, 



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