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PLATE LI. 



PHAL^NA PISL 



Broom Moth. 

 Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Antennae taper from the bafe. Wings, in general, contracted wheri 

 at reft. Fly by night. 



NoSlua. 



- SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 



Firft wings red brown, clouded with dark brown, two fpots in the 

 centre, -and a pale yellow undulated line near the exterior margin. 

 Second wings and abdomen light brown with a broad fhade of a 

 greyifh colour. 



Syji. Ent. 6io. 88.— im. Syji. Nat. 2. 854. 172.— 

 Fn. Sv. 1206. — Degeer. Inf. Verf. Germ. 

 2. I. 322. 10. 

 Ray. Inf. 160. lO. 

 JVilks pap. 4. Tab. 1. a. J. 

 Roef. Inf. I. Phal.^. Tab. 52. 

 Merlan, Eur op. Tab. 50. 



The Caterpillars will devour indifcriminately the leaves of the 



knot-grafs, of peale, the broom, &c. it is from the latter food, the 



Moth receives its name. The Caterpillars are found in. July and 



5 % Auguft, 



