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PLATE CCLXXXIII. 



PHAL^NA MELLON ELLA. 



Honey Moth. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennas taper towards the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when 

 at reft. Fly by night. 



Tinea. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS, 



Anterior wings grey: pofterior part purple. Scutellum black, 

 white at the tip. 



P. Tinea Mellonella: alis canis pofticis purpurafcentibus: 

 ftriga alba, fcutello nigro apice candido. Linn. Syji. 

 Nat. 2. 888. 375.— ivz. Sv. 1383.— F^^. Ent. Sy/i. 3. 

 p. 2. 305. Sp. 79. 

 Reaum. Inf. 3. tab. i^' fig. 79. 



The larva of this fpecies is fometimes found in bee-hives; It infi- 

 nuates itfelf amongft the cells of thofe Infedls, and fubfifts on the 

 honey. It remains in the pupa ftate in a long cylindrical channel 

 or paflage it forms in the larva ftate : the winged Infedl comes forth 



in Auguft,. 



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