LUNA, 
Generic Character. 
Antenna or Horns fetaceous, decreafing in fize 
from the bafe to the point. 
Wings, when at reft, generally deflected. 
'Flight moftly nocturnal. 
Specific Character, &c. 
LARGE PEA-GREEN PHALfENA, with the 
lower wings tailed, and a lunated tranfparent 
fpot on each wing. 
The large caudated pea-green PHALfENA. 
The pea-green CAROLINA MOTH. 
The Phalaena Luna is an infeft of unufual ele¬ 
gance. The wings are of a beautiful pea-green; 
the upper edge of the fuperior pair marked by a 
band of purplifh-brown: the lower ones are termi¬ 
nated by a pair of lengthened procelfes or tails, 
and in the middle of each wing is a tranfparent 
fpot, refembling an eye. It is a native of North 
America, and is found in many parts of the United 
Britifh States. 
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