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PHALJENA FASCEL1NA; 



DARK TUSSOCK MOTH. 

 LEPJDOPTEUA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae taper from the bafe : wings in general deflected u hen at 



rest t fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Wings defle6led, cinereous^ fprinkled with black points, and tra- 

 verfed by two rlexuous fulvous ftreaks. 



Phal^na fascelina: alis deflexis cinereis : atomis ftrigifque 

 duabus repandis. Linn Syft. Nat. 2. 825. .55. 

 Fit. Su. 1119.— Fair. Ent. Syft. T. 3. p. l.p. 

 4Sy. 98. 



The larva of this Moth is hairy and tufted, the pupa folliculate. 

 The larva is found (chiefly on the oak) iu the month of May; the 

 Moth appears in July. A local fpecies^ common in fome parts of the 

 country, but not frequent near London. 



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