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PLATE LXXXII,

PHALÆNA USTULARIA,

Early Thorn Moth.Lepidoptera.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Antennae taper from the base. Wings in general contracted when** re &. Fly by night,

* Geometra.

Antennae of the male feathered; of the female setaceous, or like a

Gristle.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

"Wihgs angulated, indented, light brown varied with shades of atorched colour. Three waves of dark brown across each superiorWln § - together with a spot of orange or bright brown colour, at theand another nearly of the same colour on the exterior margin of

each.

Among the several Moths of the Geometra division of Phalense'^hich are known to the English Collectors by the trivial distinction,“Phorn Moths , our present Insect is neither the most conspicuous, orrare ; it is however a beautiful creature when taken immediately from*he Pupa cafe, but rarely fine, when caught in the fly state, in thetowling-net; the down being of such an exquisite texture that the*%htest touch must inevitably damage its appearance.

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