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PHALiENA CRATIGI, 



Oak Egger Moth. 



lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennse taper from the bafe. Wings, in general contra&ed when 

 at reft. Fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Wings rounded. Afh-colour, or dull brown, with obfcure waves 

 of a darker colour. 



PHALiENA CratJEGI. Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 823. 48. 



Reaum. Inf. 1. tab. 44. fig. 10. 

 Degeer Inf. I. tab. li.fig. 20. 21. . 



We have never found this Infeft common, though it muft not be 

 confidered as a rare fpecies ; it is feld©m met with near London : our 

 fpecimen was found in the Caterpillar ftate at Dartford in May. It 

 changed to Chryfalis in June. The fly came forth in September. 



The male is rather fmaller than the female generally, though not 

 always. The ftrength of their colours is very inconftant, efpecially in 

 the female, which we have feen very dark in fome fpecimens; in others 

 nearly as pale as the male ; the general diftinaion however between 

 the two fexes is, the male being of a light grey with fpots and waves of 

 brown, the female of an obfcure brown with fpots more diffufed. 



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