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 PLATE XXX. 



PHALiENA S A L I C I S, 

 White Satin Moth. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae tapering from the bafe : wings in general deflected when 

 at reft. Fly by night. 



* Bombyx, 

 SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Wings white : legs black, with white rings. 



PHAL.ENA Salicis : alis albis, pedibus nigroalbo annulatis. Linn. 

 Fn. Suec. 1. p, S22. 2. n. 1129.—//. Scan. 167. 

 301.— Scop. Ent. Cam. 495. Fabr. Sp. Inf. 2. 

 p. 193. n. 103,—Mant. Inf. 2. p. 126. GmeU 

 Linn. Syji. Nat. 2423. 46. 



Very numerous about London, and are often found in the ftate of 

 larva, pupa, and moth at the fame time, as there are more than one, 

 or perhaps even two broods in the year. Commonly the larva 

 changes to the pupa form in June, and the Fly appears in July. 



The fpecies feeds principally on the Willow, Ofier, and Poplar. 



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