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PLATE LXIX. 



PHAL^NA RUBL 

 Fox-coloured Moth. 



Lepidoptera- 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Antennae taper from the bafe. Wings in general contracted when 

 at reft. Fly by night. 



No Trunk. Firft Wings hotizontal. Second ereft, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Antennse feathered. Wings entire, with a whitifti margin ; tw« 

 whitifli tranfverfe waves on the firft pair. 

 Syji. EnU 565. 35. 



Linn. SyJi. Nat, 2. 813, 2l,^Fn. Sv. 1103. 

 Wilk. Pap. 25. Tab. 3. ^.19. 

 Ammiral. Inf. 32. 

 Roes. Inf. 3. Tab, 49. 



The females of this fpecies are very rarely met with, as they con- 

 ceal themfelves among the grafs ; but the males are commonly taken 

 when flying, and generally indicate that the females are near. 



The Caterpillars will feed on the wiUow, but prefer the leaves of 

 the bramble. 



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