[ 6i ] 

 PLATE CCLXXV. 



PHALiENA ALNIARIA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennre taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed whea 

 at reft. Fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



^j^^^' AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Antennas feathered. Wings yellow, fpeckled with brown, and 

 marked with two tranfverfe ftreaks. Margins deeply indentated. 



Phal^NA Alniaria : pe6linicornis alis erofis flavis fjfco pul- 

 verulentis : ftrigis duabus fufcis. Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 

 860. 205. — Fn. Sv. 1230. Fab. Ent. Syjl. T. 3. p. 2. 

 f. 136. Sp. 24. Schaff. Icon. tab. 135. fig, i, 2. 



This Infe£l is analogous to feveral other fpecies of Britifh Pha- 

 Izenas, known amongft colle6tors by the indefinite term. Thorn 

 Moths. It is remarkable only in the larva ftate, when, from its 

 fimilarity in form and colour to a twig of the tree on which it feeds, 

 it is fuppofed to efcape the notice of its enemies. It is a dull crea- 

 ture, and will often remain in an oblique, or eredl pofition, without 

 motion, or appearance of life, for feveral hours together. 



It is found on fruit-trees, in the ftate of larva, in May : the Moth 

 appears in Auguft or September. 



G PLATE 



