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PLATE CCLXXXIIL 



PHALiENA MELONELLA. 

 Honey Moth. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae taper towards the apex : wings in general deflected when 

 at reft. Fly by night. 



TlNEA,- 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Anterior wings grey, behind purple with a white ftreak : fcuter 

 black, with the tip white. 



P, Tinea Mellonella: alis canis pofticis purpurafcentibus: 

 ftriga alba, fcutello nigro apice candido. Linn. Syjl. 

 Nat, 2, 888. 375.— Fn. Sv. 122,3*— Fab, Ent. Syjl. 2. 

 p. 2. 305. Sj>.79. 

 Reaum. Inf. 3. tab. 19. fig. 79. 



The larva of this fpecies is fometimes found in bee-hives : it infi- 

 nuates itfelf amongft the cells of thofe Infefts, and fubfifts on the 

 honey. It remains in the pupa ftate in a long cylindrical channel 

 or pafTage it forms in the larva ftate ; the winged Infeft comes forth 

 in Auguft, 



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