86 PLATE CCXLVIII. 



the Linrtean defcription will apply in this inftance, to two Infefls 

 which at firft fight appear fo extremely difFerent. 



This fpecies is very common on heaths in May. The male is 

 much darker in colour than the female, and has curious peclinated 

 and ciliated antennae, as Scopoli obferves. The female has been 

 miftaken for a diftinct fpecies. 



FIG. III. 



PHALvENA CLATHRATA. 



Pale Heath Moth. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Antennas fetaceous. Wings entirely yellowifh, with tranfverfe 

 and longitudinal dark lines interfering each other. 



Phal^NA clathrata: feticornis alis omnibus flavefcentibus : 

 lineis nigris decufTatis. Lyn. Sy/i. Nat. 2. 867. 238. 

 — En. Sv. 1275. — Fab. Ent. Sy/i. 3. p. 2. p. 183. 

 194. 



Schceff. Icon. tab. 216. fig. 2. 3. 

 Scop. Cam. 536. 

 Sulz. FUJI. Inf. tab. 23. fig. 2. 



This is a rare infect, except in Kent, where Dr. Latham informs 

 us it is more common than the preceding fpecies. Both fexes are 

 very fimilar to the female Dark Heath Moth. The larva is un- 

 known, but is fuppofed to feed on the Erica, being always found on 

 thefe plants in the winged ftate. Thefe inf e a S have been called 

 Heath Moths becaufe they live in heaths, chalk -pits, and other 

 barren places. — The Moths appear in June. 



PLATE 



