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P L A T E XLVL 



PHALiENA FESTUCi^, 



GoldSpotMoth. 



Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHJRACTER, 

 Spiral Trunk; Back fmooth, without Creft, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Firft Wings brown, with two gold-filver fpots on each. Second 

 Wings and Abdomen pale brov/n. Head, /^ntenns and Thorax 

 bright orange brown. Syji. Ent. 607, 71. — Linv, Syjf Nat. 2. 



845. 131. — Fn, Sv. 1 1 70. — D^geer hif. Fer$. Germ. 2, r. 



312. -l.—Min. Inf. Tab. 84. Fig G. Yi.—Wilks Pap. g. 



Tab. I. a. 17. — Jaa Holm. 174.8 



Kkman, Inf. i. Tab. 30. Fig. A. 



The Caterpillars which are fmooth, and of a plain green colour, are 

 found on fuch plants as grow in ditches, or fenny f t'Jations.-— The 

 Sifymbrium Nafturtium, Water Crefs., is its common food, but it 

 will devour with avidity moft aquatic vegetables, particularly the 

 Fejiuca FluitanSy Floating Fefcue Grajs. It is efteemed one of the 

 rareft Species of Phalsena? we have in this country, its elegant form 

 snd rich colouring determines it alfo one of the mpft beautiful. N<?ar 



Vo^. II. E LpndoR 



