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PLATE DLXVIII. 



PHALiENA LUBRICIPEDA. 



SPOTTED BUFF MOTH. 



LEP1DOPTEUA. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae taper from the bafe : wings in general defle&ed when at 

 rest : fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Wings yellowifhj with black dots generally in an oblique tranfverfe 

 row. 



Phalena lubricipeda. Marjh. Linn. Tranf. T. I. p. 71. tab. 



l.jig.1. 

 Bombyx lubricipeda. Linn. Fn. Sv. 1138. mas. 



Fabr. Sijji. Ent. 576. 68. 



The larva of this kind is hairy and browniflij with a lateral white 

 ftripe : it feeds on herbaceous plants, and is found in Auguft. The 

 fly appears in June. 



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