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fio means inelegant infect though altogether plain in its appearance j 

 and may be readily ditfinguHhcd from the other analogous fpecies,, 

 by the nerves both of the upper and lower wings being black, while 

 the ground colour is white. 



The larva feeds chiefly on the pear tree, or goofeberry, and is fopuci 

 m fpring. The perfect infeft occurs in fummer, and is fom^times 

 pbferved in gardens hovering about fruit trees, the ne£tareops juice* 

 pf which afford jt fuftenance. 



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