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THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Lepidoftera 
Phalcena Batis. 
Beach- Blossom Moth. 
Generic Character. 
Antennae taper from their apex. 
Wings in general contracted when at 
rest. Fly by night. 
Specific Character. 
First pair of Wings brown, with 
five peach-colored spots on each. 
Second pair light brown. 
The peach-blossom Moth at first 
sight so evidently distinguishes itself 
that it can scarcely be mistaken. The 
upper or first pair of wings have the 
ground of a brown color, which in 
some directions of light assume a 
golden appearance ; and on each wing 
are five elegantly disposed spots of 
white, having each a centre of the 
most beautiful bloom, or blossom 
color, which hlend into the white with 
the most exquisite softness. The un- 
der wings are of a simple color, and 
have only a transverse shade of a 
darker hue across the middle of each 
wing. 
Its truly elegant appearance would 
alone be sufficient to claim our atten- 
tion, but when we add that it is one 
of the rarest and most valuable speci- 
mens of British Entomology, it will 
be considered a compensation for those 
more common subjects occasionally 
introduced, and which the nature of 
our plan cannot permit us to refuse. 
Our endeavours to procure the ca- 
terpillar have hitherto been ineffec- 
tual, although it is very probably to 
be taken early in tho season, feeding 
on the bramble. It is described to be 
a brown larva, naked, or without 
hairs, with a gibbosity or rising on 
the back near the extremity. 
Our fly was taken in Essex, July 
14th.” 
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