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THE DARTFORD EMERALD MOTH. 
Phalena Lucidata. 
PLATE XXy. 
Phalwna lucidata, Donovan's British Insects, iii. p- 67, 
pl. 97.—Rennie’s Conspectus, p. 17. 
Tus pretty insect is of a fine lucid emerald 
green, with two waves across the upper, and one 
across the under wings. The wings extend one 
inch and one-fourth, to five-twelfths. 
Donovan says, “ This species we have ever found 
peculiar to the woods about two or three miles be- 
yond Dartford, in Kent, particularly on the skirts 
of Darnwood, and near the banks of the river 
Thames, at Queenhithe. It has probably never 
been taken elsewhere, or the name Dartford Eme- 
rald would not have been so generally adopted by 
collectors. 
I am not certain whether in the larva state it 
feeds on the conyolvulus, although I found it on a 
plant of that kind, as its climbing stalks and tend- 
rils were so intricated with branches of white thorns, 
oak, and brooms, as to prelude any accurate deter- 
mination.” 
The head of the caterpillar is gray, with black 
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