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 PHALENA NUPTA. 
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GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antennz taper from the bafe: wings in general deflefted when at 
‘eft. Fly by night. 
SPECIE TGu@( HARACTE R 
AND 
SYNONYMS, 
Thorax crefted: anterior wings cinereous, varied with brown: 
ofterior pair red, with two Droaa black bands: abdomen hoary, 
ieneath white. 
4ALENA Nupra criftata alis planis cinerafcentibus: pofticis 
rubris; fafciis nigris, abdomine cano fubtus. 
albo. Linn. Sy/ft. Nat. 2. 841. 119. 
Wilks pap. 33. tab. 1. a. 1. 
Reef, Inf. 1. phal, 2. tab. 15. 
The larva of the Red Underwing Moth feeds on the willow: it is 
und in that ftate in June and July. The Fly appears in Auguft, 
ter having remained in the pupa {tate about twenty-one days. 
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