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PLA Th. iV. 
PHALZNA GROSSULARIATA. 
Macpyve, or CuRRANT-Motu. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
The Antenne fetaceous. Wings in general defleted when at 
reft. Fly by night. . 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Wings whitith, with round black {pots, and a yellow ftreak on 
the anterior pair. 
PHALENA GROSSULARIATA: alis albidis: maculis rotundatis 
nigris, primaribus ftrigis luteis. Linn. Faun. Suec. 
1261, 
The Magpye-Moth is one of the geometra; and feeds on Goofe. — 
berry and Currant-buthes, as the name indicates. The Caterpillar 
'8 found in May; and in July, the Fly, 
The Caterpillar, previous to its change to the Chryfalis flate, {pins 
a web of a very flight and delicate texture, by which it is fufpended 
horizontal¥y againft the branches of trees, &c. as in our Plate re. 
Prefented, 
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