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PLATE CCLXXIV; 



FIG. I. II. 



PHAL^ENA humuli, 

 Ghost MoTti. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae taper from the bafe : wings in general defle&ed when at 

 reft. Fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 

 Female yellow, with fulvous marks. Male fnowy white. 



PhaljENA Humuli : alis flavis fulvo ftriatis maris niveis. Linn* 

 Syji. Nat. 2. Si3. £4>.—Fn. Sv. 1147. 



Hepialus Humuli: tab. Ent. SyJi.T. S. p. 2.5. fp. 1. 

 Degeer, Inf. 1. tab.t. fig. 5, 6. 

 Sulz. Hifl. Inf. tab. 22. Jig. 1. 



The male and female of Phalana Humuli are very dimmilar, and 

 may eafily be miftaken for diftina fpecies. The male is perfeaiy 

 white, with a glofs like fatin, the abdomen, antennas, and margin of 

 the wings excepted, for thefe are reddifh brown. The female is of a 

 fine yellow colour, with feveral fulvous or orange marks ; and is 

 fomewhat larger than the other fex. 



The larva lives in the earth, at the roots of the Burdock and bop. 

 It is of a very pale or whitilh colour, with a brown head, and has 

 fixteen feet. 



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