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PLATE LXXXII, 



PHALiENA USTULARIA, 



Early Thorn Moth. 



Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae taper from the bafe. Wings in general contracted when 

 at reft. Fly by night. 



* Geometne. 



Antennae of the male feathered ; of the female fetaceous, or like % 

 brittle. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Wings angulated, indented, light brown varied with fhades of a 

 fcorched colour. Three wares of dark brown acrofs each fuperior 

 wing ; together with a fpot of orange or bright brown colour, at the 

 bafe, and another nearly of the fame colour on the exterior margin of 

 each. 



Among the feveral Moths of the Geometry divifion of Phalense 

 which are known to the Englifh Collectors by the trivial diftindtion, 

 Thorn Moths, our prefent Infect is neither the moll confpicuous, or 

 rare; it is however a beautiful creature when taken immediately from 

 the Pupa cafe, but rarely fine, when caught in the fly ftate, in the 

 fowling-net ; the down being cf fuch an exquifite texture that the 

 flighteft touch muft inevitably damage its appearance. 



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