The natural history of British insects : explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, economy, &ctogether with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope : the whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens . imex feftiviis is very rarely taken in this country. Our fp#^cimen was found on a ftrawberry bed in June 1794. FIG. V. PALLESCENS. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Linear. Upper and under wings very pale brownifli and body pale yellow with two faint crimfon l
The natural history of British insects : explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, economy, &ctogether with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope : the whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens . imex feftiviis is very rarely taken in this country. Our fp#^cimen was found on a ftrawberry bed in June 1794. FIG. V. PALLESCENS. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Linear. Upper and under wings very pale brownifli and body pale yellow with two faint crimfon longitudinsd{Ireaks from the antennze to the extreme part of the body. This little Infed is defcribed in the manufcripts of T. Marfliam,Efq. s. L. s. under the fpecific name C. Pallefcensj it is by no meansurnrommon though it has never appeared in any former publication. 8 In P L A T E CI. 7^ In the larva and pupa ftate it is a very beautiful creature, as thecolours are much brighter than in the perfect Infcfl:; they are gene-rally found in April or May, among the grafs and youi g plants thatgrow under hedges; in June or July they are taken in the vv^ingedftate.^Fig. V. the pupa ftate, and Fig. VI. the pcrfed Infefl j bothof the natural fize: in the annexed plate we have given the magniMappearance of the former. PLATE /-^. e 8! ] PLATE Cn. THE t A R V A O F g|MEX PALLESGENS MAGNIFIED, 10:
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