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59. Phalaena fyringaria: wings angular, indented, grey, 
with flefli-colour fliades, and two brown ftreaks on the 
upper pair meeting at the tip. See fig. 36. 
60. Phalaena wauria, the goofeberry-moth-. wings 
cinereous ; upper pair with four ftiort irregular bands, 
the middle one refembling the letter L. Inhabits Eu¬ 
rope. The caterpillar feeds on the currant and goofe¬ 
berry.: it is fomewhat hairy, green,.and dotted with 
black ; having a yellow line along the back, and two on 
the fides. About the middle of May it goes into the 
ground, to change into a naked brown-pointed pupa. 
About the middle of Jnne the moth appears, which is 
very common. See fig. 37. 
61. Phalsena betularia : all the wings white, fpeckled 
and w'aved with black ; the thorax is marked with a 
black band ; the antennae are fetaceous at the tip. See 
fig. 38. 
b. Antennae fetaceous. 
62. Phalsena falcata : wings falcate, fulvous, with two 
brown dots between two yellow ftreaks. 
63. Phalaena grolfularia: wings whitifh, with round 
black fpots, and two yellow ftreaks oj the upper pair. 
See fig. 39. and the caterpillar at fig. 40. 
c. Wings forked. 
64. Phalsena farinalis: feelers recurved; wings po- 
liftied, yellowifh, with white flexuous ftreaks, the bale 
and tip glaucous. This is found chiefly in bran and 
meal. 
65. Phalaena glaucinalis : feelers recurved; wings glau¬ 
cous; with two brown flexuous ftreaks. 
66. Phalaena barbalis: antennae peClinate, longer than 
the feelers; fore-thighs with a projecting beard. This is 
found on the Trifolium pratenfe. 
67. Phalsena ter.tacularis: antennse peClinate, as long 
as the projecting feelers; wings pale cinereous, with 
brown ftreaks. 
68 . Phalaena probofcidalis : feelers projecting, approx¬ 
imate, longer than the thorax; the wings are grey, with 
ferruginous ftreaks. 
69. Phalaena roftralis : feelers projecting, longer than 
the thorax ; wings greyilh, with two muricate black dots, 
and line at the tip. This is found on the Carpinus and 
Humulus. 
70. Phalsena nemoralis: feelers recurved : wings grey; 
with three brown ftreaks, the middle one flexuous. 
71. Phalaena pal pal is: feelers projecting, longer than 
the thorax ; wings grey, lower ones white, at the thicker 
margin. 
72. Phalsena forficalis: wings glabrous, pale, with 
oblique ferruginous ftreaks. 
73. Phalaena verticalis: wings glabrous, pale, fub-faf- 
ciate with brown, beneath it is waved with brown. The 
larva of this infeCt is fixteen footed, hairy, with yellow 
head and legs; the pupa is brown, the three laft fegments 
have each a finall tooth. 
74. Phalaena falicalis : wings cinereous, with three 
oblique fulvous ftreaks on the upper pair; antennae pu- 
befcent. The larva is fourteen-footed, naked, green, 
with a darker dorfal line. The pupa is of a fine fliining 
black. 
75. Phalaena ftiflicalis : wings grey, with a yellow 
fpot in the middle, and a marginal ltreak. The fpot in 
the middle is notched on each fide, and the marginal 
llreak has a contiguous fmallerone. Beneath it is varie¬ 
gated. 
76. Phalaena purpuralis : wings purplifti, with two yel¬ 
low bands on each. 
77. Phalsena coftalis: wings purplifli, with two yellow 
coital fpots, and hind margin. 
78. Phalaena atralis: wings black, with two w hite 
fpots on each. 
79. Phalsena minor, the Pyralis minor of Brown, (Hilt. 
Jam.) exhibits a vacillating light; fometimes ftronger, 
lometimes weaker, and at times dying w'holly away. The 
light is always renewed in a few leconds, the obfcure in¬ 
tervals being of Ihorter continuance than the moments 
of illumination, which the creature feems able to com- 
mand at pleafure. Every part of the abdomen appears to 
yield light in this infeCt, which is ftronger and more con- 
ftant than what is emitted by the Elater noCtilucus. 
III. Noctua. Antennae fetaceous ; feelers comprefled, 
hairy, the tip cylindrical and naked; tongue 
projecting, horny, fetaceous, bifid; larva fixteen¬ 
footed; pupa pointed at the tip. 
a. Wings expanded. 
80. Phalaena Zenobia: wings variegated ; beneath fer¬ 
ruginous, with black waves. It inhabit^ Surinam. 
81. Phalaena Patroclus: wings tailed, both furfaces 
alike, brown, with an oblique linear white band and tip. 
This is found in India. 
82. Phalsena caprimulgus : wings indented, brown, 
with black waves; the upper pair with a bluilli eye, and 
double black pupil. A native of China. 
83. Phalaena noftilio: wings fuberous, brownilh, with 
waved black ftreaks; the lower ones white at the tip, 
with a black fpot. This is a native of the Eaft Indies. 
84. Phalaena crepufcula : wings brown, with a white 
band, and marginal fpot; the upper pair with an eye. 
This is a native of America. One fex has a double eye 
with a pupil, the other a blind eye. 
85. Phalaena trogolodyta: wings brown, with black 
waves, and a common white ftreak ; on the upper pair is 
a common fliining eye. Itis found in Guinea. This is 
a very curious infeCt. Upper wings with a large eye dot¬ 
ted with blue, with a large lateral black pupil, blue lu- 
nule, and black iris; behind this is a common white 
ftreak, and afterwards a ftreak of finall black lunules. 
Beneath, it is all brown, with a broad white band behind, 
which are white lunules joined to the band. 
b. Wings flat, incumbent; thorax fmooth. 
86. Phalsena diofcoreae: wings indented, grey ; lower 
ones yellow, with a black lunule and border. It inhabits 
India. 
87. Phalaena Paphos: upper wings brown, with white 
veins; the lower ones are varied with white and black. 
It is a native of Siam, and a fpecimen was in the late fir 
J. Banks’s mufeum. 
88. Phalsena Eugenea : body dotted with black ; wings 
fnowy, with a hyaline dilk ; the abdomen is red on the 
back part. It is a native of India. 
89. Phalaena complana: wings with a paler outer mar¬ 
gin ; lower ones entirely yellow. It is found on the oak. 
The larva is hairy, and black, with two lines of pale 
dots. 
90. Phalaena quadra: wings yellow, with two blue dots 
on the upper pair. This delicate infeCt is reprefented on 
Plate IV. at fig. 41. and its beautiful caterpillar at fig. 42. 
/ 3 . A variety with cinereous wings and yellow thorax. 
c. Wings flat, incumbent; thorax crefted. 
91. Phalaena fponfa : upperwings undulate with brown; 
the lower ones red, with two black bands; the abdo¬ 
men entirely cinereous. The larva is ftudded, the head 
bluilli, and the body variegated. 
92. Phalsena nupta, the bride-moth. A beautiful fpe- 
cies; the upper wings of a fine grey colour, elegantly 
clouded and varied with fliades and lines of dark brown, 
&c. and the under wings of a vivid crimfon, with two 
broad tranfverfe black bars: the body is grey, but white 
underneath. See fig. 43. The caterpillar, which is of a 
pale fieftt-coloured grey, is djftinguiflied by a dorfal tu¬ 
bercle on the fore-part of the body, and feeds chiefly on 
the willow: it changes to a chrylalis in July; and the 
moth appears in Auguft: and September. 
93. Phalaena paCta: wings greyifh, flightly waved; the 
lower ones red, with two black bands; abdomen red. 
See fig. 44. 
94. Phalama fraxini: wings indented, grey, with waved 
dark bands; lower ones above black, with a bluilli band. 
Fig- 45 - 
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95. Phalaena 
