PL A TE CXC: 
PHALENA PYRAMIDEA. 
Correr-UnpERWwING Morn. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
GENERIC GHARACTER. 
Antenne taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when 
at reft. Fly by night. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Firft wings dark brown, with three waved ftripes of yellowifh 
colour acrofs the upper wings. Second wings ferruginous brown. 
PHaLanaA Pyramipea. Neéiua criftata, alis fufcis, ftrigis tribus 
undatis flavefcentibus repandis, pofticis ferrugineis. 
Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. 856. 181.—Fab. Spec. Inf. 
2. 232. 119.—Ent. Syft. I. 2. p: 2. 98. 290. 
Phalena feticornis fpirilinguis, alis deflexis, fuperioribus fufcis, lineis 
tranf{verfis undulatis nigris, inferioribus ferrugineis. 
Geoff. Inf. 2. 160. 99. 
Phalena media, alis longis anguftis, exterioribus linealis et areolis 
nigris, albis atro rubentibus tranfverfis pulcre depictis, 
interioribus obfcure rubris. Raj. Inf. 159. 9. 
The fingular pyramidal protuberance on the ‘pofterior part of the 
Caterpillar ‘has furnifhed an excellent fpecific name for the perfect 
Infe&t. It is found on the Oak, Sallow, and Blackthorn in May 5 
Bre changes 
