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PLATE CGLXXXVII. 



F I G. I. 



PHALiENA PAPILIONARIA. 



Large Emerald Moth. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Antenna taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when 

 at reft. Fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Antennse feathered. Wings green : a continued ftreak of whitifli 

 femicircular marks acrofs the middle of each, and an interrupted or 

 half ftreak of the fame colour below it. 



Phal^na Papilionaria : pe£linicornis alls fubrepandis viridi- 

 bus : ftriga fefquialtera repanda. Linn. Syji. Nat. 2, 



864. 225. — Fn. Sv. 1247. 

 If^ien. Ferz. 96. r. 

 Roef. Inf. 4. tab. 18./^. 3., 



A rare and very elegant Britifli fpecies. The larva is green, with 

 about ten incurvated fpines or hooks along the back. It is found in 

 this ftate on the Birch and Alder in June, changes to the pupa the 

 latter end of the fame month, and appears on the wing fourteen 

 days after. 



The pupa is green variegated with yellow. * 



K FIG. 



