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valuable fpecimens of Britifti entomology, it will be confidered as a 

 compenfation for thofe more coj^jmon fubje6ts occafionally introduced . 

 and which the nature of our plan cannot permit us to refufe. 



Our endeavours to procure the Caterpillar have hitherto been in- 

 efFeilual, although it is very probably to be taken early in the feafon, 

 feeding on the bramble. It is defcribed to be a brown larva, naked, 

 or without hairs, with a gibbofity or rifmg on the back, near the 

 extremity. 



Gur Fly was taken in EfTex, July 14th. 



FIG. II. 



PHALiENA AMATORIO, 



Blog^Wein, or Buff Argos Moth. 



W 



Lepidoptera. 



Phal^na. 

 ** Antennae feathered. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Wings angulated, bufF, fprinkled with brown, and a red tranfverfe 

 line acrofs each. Margin of each Wing edged with red. 



The Caterpillars of this Phalaena feed on the oak leaves. They 

 are green, with yellow rings. The Fly is found in Eflex very com- 

 monly in the month of July. 



