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PLATE CCXIX. 



PHAL£NA PRODROMARIA. 



Oak-beauty Moth. 



Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae fetaceous. Wings in general deflexed, when at reft. 

 fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Antennae feathered. Wings white, fpeckled with numerous black 

 fpots. Two broad bars of dark brown on the upper wings. 



PhaLjENA PRODROMARiA,pe£linicornis alls albis nigro pun&atis : 

 fafciis duabus latis fufcis. Fab. Ent. Sjjl. T. 3. p. 1. 

 159. 105. 



Phalaena Prodromaria. Wien. Verz. 99. 1. 



The larva of this Moth, like others of the geometry, raifes itfelf, 

 when walking, into the form of an arch or loop : it is of an ob- 

 fcure grey and brown colour, laintly mottled : the head is red. 

 This larva is feldom taken, and when taken, is reared to the fly 

 #ate with the utmofl difficulty. It feems a local fpecies ; for we 



have 



