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Peet EY GCX XXIII, 
PHALAENA PSI. 
Grey Daccer-Morn. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings, in general deflexed when 
at reft. Fly by night. 
Noétua, Antennz fetaceous. 
SEECIIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Firft wings and body grey; on the former three or four black 
marks, in the form of a dagger*. Second wings pale brown, with 
a flightly {calloped margin. 
PHatana Ps1: criftata, alis deflexis cinereis, anticis lineola bafeos 
characteribufque nigris, S)/t, Ent. 614. 104.— 
Fab. Spec. Inf. 2. 235. 1209. 
Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. 846. 135. 
Alb. Inf. tab. 26. 
The Caterpillars of the Grey Dagger-Moth is frequently found 
on fruit trees; particularly on the cherry: it feeds alfo on the 
willow and poplar, and on almoft all plants indifcriminately when 
confined in the breeding cage. It is not an uncommon Infect: the 
Caterpillars change in September, remain in the chryfalis ftate during 
winter, and the Moth appears late in May, or early in June. 
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