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PLATE CLII. 



PHAL^NA AESCULI. 



Wood Leopard Moth. 



Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at 

 reft. Fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



A SS 



SYNONYMS. 



Wings white, with many dark blue round fpots. Six fpotsonthe 

 Thorax. 



Phalana Aesculi : elinguis lasvis nivea, antennis thorace brevio- 

 ribus, alis punftis numerofis cceruleo nigris, thorace 

 fenis. Lin. Syji. Nat. 2. 833. 83 — Fn. Sv. 1 150. 

 Bombyx Aejculi. Man/. Inf. 2. 116. 85. 

 Hepialus Aejculi. Fab. Spec. Inf. 2. 208. 146. 4. 

 Coflus Aefculi. Wien. Vsrzeichn.tab. /it. prof. AclaSoc. BeroJ.phyf. 

 3. tab. I. fig- 1. 2. 

 Pod. Inf. 88. 16. 

 Wood Leopard Moth. Harris Inf. ang'l. 



It is to a very Angular and trivial circumftance we are indebted for 

 the fpecimens of both the male and female of this rare fpecies. 

 They were obferved together on the bark of an elm tree in the Mall 

 in St. James's Park, by fome ignorant perfons, who being terrified at 

 their extraordinary appearance, attempted to deftroy them, but a 



gentleman 



