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 . *v [ o3 ] PLATE CLVIIL PHAL£NA VERSICOLORS Glory of Kent Moth. i Lepidoptera. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennae taper from the bafe, Wings in general deflexed when atreft. Fly by night. Bbmbyx. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. SYNONYMS. Antennas feathered. Male, firft Vvings red broWn, wi
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 . *v [ o3 ] PLATE CLVIIL PHAL£NA VERSICOLORS Glory of Kent Moth. i Lepidoptera. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennae taper from the bafe, Wings in general deflexed when atreft. Fly by night. Bbmbyx. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. SYNONYMS. Antennas feathered. Male, firft Vvings red broWn, with tranfverfewaves, black and white lines, and three white ipots at the extremeangle. Second wings orange. Female larger, and colours palerthroughout. Phal^ena Versicolora: Lin. Syji. Nat. 2. Fn. Sv. IIII. F BOMBYX 5+ PLATE CLVIIL Bombyx Versicolora: alis reverfis grifeis nigro-albis thoraceantice albo. Fab. Syfi. Ent. 565. 34.—Spec,Inf. 2. n. 50. p. 178.—Man/. Inf. T. 2. n. 58. p. LIS. Phalana alis lineis albis et nigris undatis. Gadd. Satag. Inf. 3. tab. 39. fig. Hift. Inf. tab. , Magaz. 2 tab. 1. fig. 4. Der Buntfliigel. Der Hagebuchenfpinner. Das Mannchen. La Verficolore. (Male.) Das Weibchen. (Female.) Panz. Faun. Inf. German. This extremely rare Infeft is always confi
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