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PLATE XXI. 



FHAL7ENA PRUNARIA. 



Orange Moth. 



Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Geometrae. Antennse feathered. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Wings orange, fprinkled with brown, and a femi -lunar ipot on the 

 hrft pair. Female paler than the male. Caterpillar yellow brown, 

 with two fpines before and two behind. 



The caterpillars of this Moth feed on fruit-trees, or on thorns, in 

 the month of May ; the Chryfalis is commonly found, rolled up in a 

 decayed leaf, inwardly protected by the web, in June ; and in July 

 the Moth. 



The prefent figure is of the male. 



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