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PLATE IV. 



PHAL^NA GROSSULARIATA. 

 Magpye, or Currant-Moth, 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



The Antennae fetaceous. Wings in general deflected when at 

 reft. Fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Wings whitifh, with round black fpots, and a yellow ftreak on 

 the anterior pair. 



PhaLjENA GROSSULARIATA: alis albidis : maculis rotundatis 

 nigris, primaribus ftrigis luteis- Linn. Faun. Suec, 

 1261. 



The Magpye-Moth is one of the geometry ; and feeds on Goofe- 

 berry and Curfant-bufhes, as the name indicates. The Caterpillar 

 is found in May ; and in July, the Fly, 



The Caterpillar, previous to its change to the Chryfalis ftate, fpins 

 a web of a very flight and delicate texture, by which it is fufpended 

 horizontally againft the branches of trees, &c. as in our Plate re- 



prefented. 



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