THE MOTHS, 465 



The phalsena of the filk worm, bombyx moris, fre- 

 quents the leaves of the mulberry, upon which it is uni- 

 verfally known to feed. It is one of thofe infeds that 

 has defervedly attratSled the notice of almoft every natu- 

 raiiii ; and to a particular delcription of it we direcl the 

 reader in the note below *. 



The mod beautiful of the Englijh infefts are the fol- 

 lowing phalcence, viz. the large emerald, or geometra pa- 

 piiionaria of Lmnaus]: Tlie thorax, wings and abdo- 

 men, are of a lovely pea-greeii ; the vi^ings are decorated 

 with fmall indented bars, and marginated with a fringe of 

 golden yellow. 



The peach blolToai : The head and thorax of this infcdi 

 ai-e dark brown; the fupenor v/ings are of the fame co- 

 lour ; but each is ornamented with five fpots, of a paie 

 pink, or rofe colour, and appear very l.ke finail rofe? 

 painted on the wings : The abdomen and inferior wings 

 are of a fine pale brown colour : The caterpillar feeds 

 on rafpberry leaves ; changes into a chryfalis in 'June^ 

 3nd in 'July comes forth a moth %. 



The phalaena which in its larva flate is deftrudlive to 

 woollen cloth, is of a narrow oblong fhape, having the 

 wings raifed towards the extremities : The head of this 

 infeft is white ; the fuperior wings black towards the 

 bafe, and white as they approach the tips ; The inferior 



Vol. 111. 3 N wings 



* It is named in the Fauna Swecica, phafans pedinicornis.bon^yx difta, 

 Aldrovandus delcribes it, Infeift. p. a8o &. fcq. Johnflon, Inf. Mouffet^ 

 p. 181 M. dc Mcrian, Europ. i.ifler in Goedart, p. 82. Charlctoa 

 onom. p. 40. Albin, En^. Infeds, p. 60. Reaumur, Tom. II. 



t Syllema Nat. Ord. HI. Gen iiu 



% Vide Harris's eipofition of Englifh Infc($ls, p. ^■t^, v.'hcre many excel- 

 iCnt c^awings of the Englifli infcdls may be foen. 



