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 . maculis luteis, inferioribus rubris, ma-culis quatuor nigris. Geof. Inf. 2«109. Alpicola. Scop. cam. pap. 24. tab. 3. a. 5,Roe/. Inf. 4. tab. In/. 2. 196. brune. Geofr. Der Wegerichfpinner. Die fpanifche Fahne. Die befchlei
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 . maculis luteis, inferioribus rubris, ma-culis quatuor nigris. Geof. Inf. 2«109. Alpicola. Scop. cam. pap. 24. tab. 3. a. 5,Roe/. Inf. 4. tab. In/. 2. 196. brune. Geofr. Der Wegerichfpinner. Die fpanifche Fahne. Die befchleierteBarenphalene. Pan/. Fauz. Inf. Germ. L 2 This 7c PLATE CXXXIV. This fpecies feeds on nellies, chickweed, plantain, grafs, & Caterpillars very much referable thofe of the large Garden TigerMoth*, except in ; they change into chryfalis about the middleof April, and appear in the winged ftate the latter end of May. We have not found this Infeft fo plenty as the Ruby Tiger Motht,and it is infinitely more fcarce than the great Garden Tiger Moth,figured in the early part of this Work. A variety of this fpecies, with crimfon under wings, is found inthe Eaft Indies and in America. The under wings of the female,In the European fpecimens, are much redder than in the male. * Pbal. Caja. f Phal. Fuliginofa. PLATE. 4 [ 21 ] PLATE LXXX, PHAL^NA FULIGINOSA. Ruby-Tiger Moth. Lepidoptera. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennae taper from the bafe. Wings, in general, contra&edwhen at reft. Fly by night. * Spiral trunks; back fmooth without crefh SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Superior wings red brown; a black dot near the center of wings, rofe colour with black marks *. Abdomen, rofe co-lour with a chain of black fpots down the center, and a row of dotson each fide. SyJ}, Ent. 588. in. Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 836. 95.—Fa. Sv. 1159. Raj. Inf. 228. 13* Harr. Aurel. Tab. 12. Inf. Anglic. Tab. 8. Fig, J, Ammir. Inf. Tab. 30. Roef. Inf. I. Phal. 2. Tab. 43. Wilk. Pap. Tab. 3. a. 14. * The black
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