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 . 4. Wilk. Pap. Tab. 3. a. 2. Chickweed is a favorite food with the Caterpillars of this Infect,but it will eat the leaves of the currant, white-thorn, nettle, grafs,&c. if the former cannot be readily procured, The 94 P L A T E LXXI. The Caterpillars are black and foxy,
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 . 4. Wilk. Pap. Tab. 3. a. 2. Chickweed is a favorite food with the Caterpillars of this Infect,but it will eat the leaves of the currant, white-thorn, nettle, grafs,&c. if the former cannot be readily procured, The 94 P L A T E LXXI. The Caterpillars are black and foxy, or hairy; but in a lefs degreethan the Caterpillars of Ph. Caja, Great Tyger Moth, which we havefigured in the early part of this work. About the latter end of April the Caterpillars have attained theirfull fize, and change into chryfalis ; late in May they appear in thewinged ftate. It is by no means fo frequent as the Great Tyger Moth, thoup-hnot very rare ; but it is infinitely fuperior for the happy combinationof its colours to it, or either of the Britifh fpecies of that tribe whichare trivially termed Tygers : it is already high in the efteem of col-lectors; and were fpecimens of the kind lefs common, it would be mgreat requefl among the Engliih Entomologies. : Frequents banks which face the rifino- fun- PLATE. PLATE CCXIV. PHALiENA RUSSULA. Clouded Buff GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennae taper from the bafe ; wings in general deflected when atjreft. Fly by night. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Wings deflected; yellow; margin fanguineous with fufcous Iunule:antenna; red. PHAUiENA Russula: alis deflexis luteis: margine fanguineolunulaque fufca, antennis fanguineis.—Fab. Ent. 3. p. 1. 180.—Linn. Syjl. Nat. 2. 830. Icon. tab. 83. fig. 4, Icon. tab. 4. fig. Inf. 22$. 75, As the Phalaenas are not remarkable for a variety of gay colours,like thofe of the Papilio genus, an exception to a general rule inthe beautiful fpecies bef
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