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Bomhyx. 
Geometra, 
Noctua, 
INSECTS, LEPIDOPTERA. 73. Phalxna. 
73. PIIAL 7 IiNi\. Antennce gracUially 
pering from the bale to the tip : tong'i^^ 
iprial : jaws o : zoings, when at rc^^' 
generally deflected : flight nohlurni^^' 
■ Moi^‘ 
Thefefly abroad only in the evening and during the night, ai] 
feed on the neflar of flowers : the larva is aflive and quick 
motion, moftly fraooth, more or lefs cylindrical, and preys vC*' 
ciously on the leaves of various plants : pupa quiefccnt, nic'’* 
or lefs cylindrical, pointed at the tip or at both ends, and is 
nerally inclofed in a follicle. They arc divided into, 
Antennre filiform ; feelers 2, comprefTed refledfed : toif 
fiiort membranaceous obtule bifid: larva i6-fo‘^*‘'’ ' 
often hairy ; pupa pointed at the tip, 
a. Wings expanded. 
b. Wings reverfed. 
c. Wings defledled. 
d. Wings incumbent. 
e. Wings convolute* 
Antennce filiform : feelers cylindrical: tongue projed^j’ 
membranaceous fetaceous bifid : larva 8 — 1 o {0°^^ ^ 
6 of which arc pedloral, 2 caudal, and fometint®® 
fubcaudal : pupa pointed at the tip. 
a. Antennae peftinate. 
b. Antennx fetaceous. 
c. Wings forked, connivent. 
Antennce fetaceous : feelers comprefled hairy, the tip 
lindrical apd naked : projefting horny fetacc® 
bifid ; larva 16 — footed : /ih/i/? pointed at the tip- 
a. Wings expanded. 
b. Wings flat incumbent ; thorax frnooth. 
c. Wings flat incumbent ; thorax crefted. 
d. Wings deflefled : thorax frnooth. 
e. Wings deflefted ; thorax crefted. 
