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PLATE" XXXIII. 



F I G. I. 



PHAL^NA BATIi 



Peach-blossom Moth. 



Lepidoptera. 



Phal^ena. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae taper from their apex. Wings in general contracted 

 when at reft. Fly by night. 



*N0CTUA* 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Firft pair of Wings brown, with in g peach-coloured fpots on 

 each. Second pair light brown. 



The Peach-blofibm Moth at firft fight fo evidently diftinguifhes 

 Stfelf, that it can fcarcely be miftaken. The upper or firft pair of 

 Wings have the ground of a brown colour, which in ibme directions 

 of light affurae a golden appearance; and on each Wing are. five ele- 

 gantly difpofed fpots of white, having each a center of the moft beau- 

 tiful bloom, or bloffbm colour, which blend into the white with the moft 

 exquifite foftnefs. The under Wings are of a fimple colour, and have 

 only a tranfverfe made of a darker hue acrofs the middle of each Wing. 



Its .truly elegant appearance would alone be fufticient to claim our 



attention; but when we add that it is one of the rareft and moft 



2 valuable 



