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PLATE CCCIX. 



PHALiENA CORYLI. 

 Nut-tree Tussock Moth. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae taper from the bafe : wings in general deflected when 

 at reft. Fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Wings deflected, greyifti: on the interior pair a broad ferruginous 

 band marked in the middle with two black points encircled with 



white. 



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PHALvENA Coryli: alis deflexis glaucis: fafcia ferruginea; 



pundlo nigro albo annulato, thorace variegato, 



Linn. SyJl.Nat.2. S23. 50.— Fn. Sv. 1123.— Fad. 



Enl.SyJi. T. 3. p. 2.4>^.fp. 114. 



Degeer Inf. 1. tab. \%.fig> 4. 5. 

 Roef. Inf. X.phal. 2. tab. 58. 

 Albin. Inf. tab. 90. 



Found on the nut-tree in the larva ftate in May. Preparatory to 

 its next change, the larva fpins a fine web between the leaves in 

 which it aflumes the pupa form. The moth appears in July. 



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