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PLATE CCLXXIV. 



FIG. I. II. 

 PHALiENA HUMULI. 



Ghost Moth. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennse taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at 

 reft. Fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNONTMS. 

 Female yellow, with fulvous marks, Male fnowy white, 



Phal^na Humuli : alis flavis fulvo ftriatis maris niveis. Linn. 



Syji. Nat. 2. 833. 84.— /«. Sv. 1147. 

 Hepialus Humuli : Fab. Ent. SyJi. T. 3. p. 2. ^. fp. i, 



Degeer. Inf. I. tab. "]. fig. 5, 6. 



SuJz. Hifi. Inf. tab. 22. fig. 1. , , ' 



The male and female of Phalana Humuli are very diflimifar, and 

 may eafily be miftaken for diftin6l fpecies. The male is perfe6lly 

 white, with a glofs like fatin, the abdomen, antenna, and margin of 

 the wings excepted, for thefe are reddilh brown. The female is of a 

 fine yellow colour, with feveral fulvous or orange marks ; and is 

 fomewhat larger than the other fex. 



The larva lives in the earth, at the roots of the Burdock and hop. 



It is of a very pale or whitilTi colour, with a brown head, and fixteen 



feet. 



FIG, 



