2 See De NS Walia aia 8 
PHALENA PENTADACTYLA. 
Wuitre FEATHERED Morn. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne taper from the bafe. Wings in general contracted when 
at reft. Fly by night. 
* 7 * ALUCITE. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
Every part fnow white, except the eyes, which are black, anterior 
wings bifid, pofterior tripartite. 
PHALANA PENTADACTYLA Alucita alis patentibus fiffis quinque 
partitis niveis, digito quinto diftin&to. Lin. 
Sy/t. Nat. 2. 542. 304. edit. 10. : 
P. Pentadactylus, alis niveis, anticis bifidis, pofticis tripartitis. 
Syft. Ent. 672. 6—Fab. Spec. Inf. 
Geoff. Inf. 2. 91. 1. 
Reaum. Inf. 1. tab. 20. fig. 1.2. 
Roef. Inf. 1. phal. 4, tab. 5. 
Ammir. Inf. tab. 23, 
Sulz. Inf: tab. 16. fig. 10. 
Petiv. Gazoph. tab. 67. fig. 6. 
The Caterpillar of this fingular Infe&t is very common in May; it 
is of a green colour, with a white ftripe down the back, and one on 
each fide; it cafts its {kin feveral times. 
We have obferved fome Caterpillars which were quite f{mooth, after 
cafting their fkinbecome rough or covered with hairs ; and others which 
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