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PLATE XVI. 



PHAL^NA ANTI Q,U A. 



White Spot Tussock Moth, 



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Vapourer. 



Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae taper from the bafe. No trunk. Wings deprelTed. Back 

 kairy. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae feathered. Firft wings cloudy, orange, waved and fpot- 

 ted with brown, and a white fpot on the pofterior angle. Fehiale 

 without wings. 



The female Vapourer Moth at firft fight perfe^ily refembles an ap- 

 terous infeft; but on infpettion, very fmall wings are feen at the ex- 

 tremity of the Thorax, and the antennae determine It to be a phalaena. 

 It creeps in a fluggiih manner, and lays an abundance of eggs. 



" Fig. I. the Female. ' Fig. 2. the Male. 



The 



