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The trivial name prominent has been given to this Infe&, becaufe 

 when the Moth is at reft the remarkable appendages on the interior 

 margin of the upper Wings form a prominent tuft above the back; 

 we have fix different fpecies of Phalaena in this country which have 

 the fame character, and are known among Collectors by the feveral 

 names, Pale, Maple, Swallow, Iron, Pebble, and Cockfcomb, Pro* 

 minents ; the lafl: is common, the reft are generally Very rare. 



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