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PLATE  CGGMXxiv. 
PHA Lawa t bAV OC ILN CT A. 
Great Ranuncutus Moru. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne taper from the bafe: wings in general deflected when 
at reft. Fly by night. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Thorax crefted: wings defle&ted, margins dentated, firft pair 
greyilh brown, obfcurely clouded and variegated with {mall orange. 
yellow f[pots. 
PHALANA FLavocincTA: criftata alis deflexis dentatis fufco 
cinereoque variis fulvo pun&tatis. Fab. Ent. Sy/. 
LT. 3. p. % p. 114. fp. 334. 
Noétua flavocin&ta. Wien. Verz. 72. 2. 
Reef Inf. 1. phal. 2. tab, 54. 85. 
PEL ES 
The larva is fuppofed to feed on the black Cherry and Sloe; 
on the latter of which we once found it, Its Englifh name implie 
that it feeds alfo on fome plant of the Ranunculus genus, In the 
winged ftate it is fometimes met with in gardens. 
Another Infect analagous to this fpecies has been named the {mall 
Ranunculus Moth. 
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