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PLATE LXIX, 



PHALINA RUB I. 

 Fox-coloured Moth. 



Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae taper from the bafe. Wings in general contrafted when 

 at reft. Fly by night. 



No Trunk. Firft Wings horizontal. Second ere&. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Antennas feathered. Wings entire, with a whitifh margin j twa 

 whitifh tranfverfe waves on the firft pair. 

 Syji. Ent. 565. 3^. 



Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 813. 21. — Fn, Sv. IJO3. 

 Wilk. Pap. 25. Tab. 3. a, 19. 

 Ammiral. Inf. 32. 

 Roes. Inf. 3. Tab. 49. 



The females of this fpecies are very rarely met with, as they con- 

 ceal themfelves among the grafs ; but the males are commonly taken 

 when flying, and generally indicate that the females are near. 



The Caterpillars will feed on the willow* but prefer the leaves of 

 the bramble. 



In 



