. The natural history of British insects : explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy, &c. together with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope : the whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens. [ loy ] PLATE CLXXIX. Moth. Lepidoptera, GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennas taper from the bafe. Wings in general deftexed when atreft. Fly by night. NOCTUA. Antennas like a CHARACTER AND STNO NTMS. Wings bufF, ftreaked, and marked with
. The natural history of British insects : explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy, &c. together with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope : the whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens. [ loy ] PLATE CLXXIX. Moth. Lepidoptera, GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennas taper from the bafe. Wings in general deftexed when atreft. Fly by night. NOCTUA. Antennas like a CHARACTER AND STNO NTMS. Wings bufF, ftreaked, and marked with red-brown: and a double oin the middle of upper wings. NoCTUA Oo: criftata alis deflexis cinerafcentlbus ferrugineo ftri-gofis oonotatis. Lin, Syji. Nat. 2. 832. 81.—Fn, Sv, 1139- Fak SyJi. Ent. t. Z P- ^ ^47. Wien. Verz. 87. I. Roef. Inf. I. PhaL 2. tah. 63. This Moth is far from^ common. It is found on the oak, in theCaterpillar ftate, late in the fummer; changes to chryfalis in the firft week io8 PLATE CLXXIX. week of October; the fly appears late in April, or early in greatly miftook the meaning of Linnasus, when he fays, Linnsean name, Sphinx Oo. PLATE 3A
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