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PLATE CCXXIV. 



PHALiENA NUPTA. 



Red Underwing Moth. 



Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Antennas taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed whea 

 at reft. Fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNONTMS, 



Thorax crefted. AnterioF^ wings greyifh, varied with brown. 

 Pofterior pair red, with two broad black waves acrofs. Abdomen 

 hoary above, white beneath. 



Phal^na Nupta criftata alis p]anis cinerafcentibus: pofliciss- 

 rubris ; fafciis nigris, abdomine cano Tubtus 

 albo. Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 841. 119. 

 Wtlh pap. 33.. tah. \. a. I. 

 RoeJ, Inf. 1, phal. 2. tah. 15. 



The larva of the Red Underwing Moth feeds on the willow : it is 

 found in that ftate in June and July. The Fly appears in Auguft, 

 after having remained in the pupa ftat« about twenty-one days. 



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