The natural history of British insects; explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy, &ctogether with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microcsopeThe whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens . theflighteft notice of the firft miflake, or any reference to the SpeciesInjeclorum, It appears to be a native of Germany by the laft work publifhedby Klemann, though perhaps it is very rare in that country as it isgiven in a fupplementary feries of plates to his work, an
The natural history of British insects; explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy, &ctogether with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microcsopeThe whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens . theflighteft notice of the firft miflake, or any reference to the SpeciesInjeclorum, It appears to be a native of Germany by the laft work publifhedby Klemann, though perhaps it is very rare in that country as it isgiven in a fupplementary feries of plates to his work, and his platesare but a fupplement of the more rare Infects, not figured in Roefelspublications. PLATE CLf 15 PHALiENA AURANTIAGO. Orange Moth. Lefidoptera. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Upper wings orange colour with fpots, waves, and ftreaks ofbrown ; feveral minute white fpots along the anterior margin. Bodyand lower wings cream colour, with a pale wave in the middle of thelatter. This is certainly a non-defcript. T. Mar bam, Efq* T. L. S. has05. TH& NATURAL HISTORY OP BRITISH INSECTS, PLATE TYPXCOIDES. SCARCE GOTHIC MOTH,LEPIDOPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antenna taper from the bafe : tongue fpiral: wings in genera)defle&ed when at reft. Fly by night. vol. xv. S wcmc PLATE DV, SPECIFIC CHARACTER SYNONYMS. PHALiENA TYPICOIDES. Wings incumbent, varied fufcoujand reddifti, with white {freaks : pofterior pair, whitiili with fufcous border. This is an infect of large fize, and elegant appearance, and isgenerally efteemed among collectors in Britain on account of itsrarity. It neverthelefs occurs fometimes in abundance in particularfituations, as for example in fome parts of Yorkfhire, and alfo inDevonfhire. In the latter County at Knowle near Kingsbridge takes it in confiderable plenty in his own garden throughoutthe fummer. The fame fpecies inhabits Germany. The transformations of this curious Moth are altogether unknown.
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