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 microcsope The whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens . taper from the bafe. Wings, in general contractedwhen at reft. Fly by antenna? of Male feathered, Female fetaceous. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND STNONTMS. Firft Wings black gloffy green, with orange and white Wings and Abdomen fcarlet, with black fpo
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 microcsope The whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens . taper from the bafe. Wings, in general contractedwhen at reft. Fly by antenna? of Male feathered, Female fetaceous. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND STNONTMS. Firft Wings black gloffy green, with orange and white Wings and Abdomen fcarlet, with black fpots. Phaksna Dominula: alis incumbentibus atris, maculis albo flavef-centibus, pofticis rubris nigro Syji. Ent. 583. 93.—Spec. Inf. 2. Phaljena Dominula. NtSua fpirilinguis laevis, alis depreffis nigris:fuperioribus casruleo flavo alboque, inferioribusrubro maculatis. Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 509. 68edit. 10. formerly this beautiful Moth was found in great abundance atCharUm in K*nt, but within the laft two or three years moil rf the 88 PLATE CXLl. broods have been wantonly deftroyed, and they are now feldom me^with. In the caterpillar ftate they feed on nettles and hounds-tongue *, changes to the pupa ftate about the middle of May, and inJune the Moth comes forth. * tynoghjfum officinale* &LATZ.
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