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PLATE XXXIII. 



F I G. I. 

 PHAL^NA BATIS. 



Peach-blossom Moth. 

 Lepidoptera. 



P,HAL-ffiNA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennse taper from their apex. Wings in general contraiSted 

 when at reft. Fly by night. 



*N0CTUA. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Firft pair of Wings brown, with five peach-coloured fpots oij 

 pach. Second pair light brown. 



The Peach-bloflbm Moth at firft fight fo evidently diftinguifhes 

 jtfelf, that it can fcarcely be miftaken. The upper or firft pair of 

 Wings have the ground of a brown colour, which in fome directions 

 of light afTume a golden appearance ; and on each Wing are five ele- 

 gantly difpofed fpots of white, having each a center of the moft beau- 

 tiful bloom, or bloflbm colour, which blend into the white with the moft 

 cxquifite foftnefs. The under Wings are of a fimple colour, and have 

 only a tranfverfe ftiade of a darker hue acrofs the middle of each Wing. 



Its truly elegant appearance would alone be fufficient to claim our 



attention; but when we add that it is one of the rareft and moft 



2 valuable 



