GEAPE-VINE. LEAVES SPECIES OF PLUME-MOTHS. 145 



their outer sides. -Wings expand one inch. Occurs the^latter part of June, on weeds 

 alopg the borders of meadows. 



The Cloudy Plumb (P. vebuladactylus) is milk white, the fore wings clouded 

 with pate tawny brown which color occupies the basal portion and forms two- broad 

 bands towards the' apex, the last one often faint and not perceptible on the inner lobe; 

 hind wings and their fringe and under side of both pairs of the same pale fawny 

 brown color; abdomen white, sides and stripe on the middle of the back pale tawny 

 brown; legs white. Wings expand one inch. The tawny marks on the fore wings 

 are often obscure in old individuals and sometimes wholly obliterated ; still the species 

 may be discriminated by the pale tawny color of the hind wings and the under sur- 

 face of the fore ones contrasting with the whiteness of their upper surface. It is our 

 most common species, occurring from the middle of June till the middle of July, in 

 yards around dwellings, frequently entering opened windows in the evening, being 

 attracted by the light of the lamps. 



The Freckled Plumb (P . neevosidactylus) . Milk white, the fore wings sprinkled 

 with black atoms, which form a black spot at the commencement of the cleft and a 

 d(.t half way from this to the base; a tawny brown spot on the outer margin near 

 the tip; fringes, under side, hind wings and their fringes ashy brown. "Wings expand 

 0.90. Appears towards the middle of August, in the same situation as the preceding. 



The Chalky Plume (P. cretidactylus) is white tinged with tawny yellow, and 

 has a small brownish black spot on the fore wings at the cleft and a brown streak on 

 the outer margin slightly beyond the black spot, with traces of a brown oblique 

 band from the one to the other; legs white, four anterior shanks banded each with 

 a broom-like tuft of scales of a pale tawny yellow color at tip and another upon the 

 middle. Expands one inch Taken the middle of July, in forests. 



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