PLATE XCVII.
PHALÆNA LUCIDATA.Dartford Emerald Moth,
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Antennas taper from the base. Wings in general contracted when*st rest. Fly by night.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Fine lucid green, two white waves across the upper, and one acrossthe under wings.
This species we have ever found peculiar to the woods about two°r three miles beyond Dartford (Kent ), particularly on the skirts of■^arnwood, and near the banks of the river Thames at Queenhithe;st has probably never been taken elsewhere, or the name Dartford ^rnerald would not have been so generally adopted by Collectors.
It is not very frequent even in those local situations, nor can we^ e arn that its larva and pupa state has been ascertained before; the spe-Cl es has neither been described by Linneus nor Fabricius ; Harrisdoes not mention it in his catalogue of English Moths, nor has a figure°I it been given in any preceding publication that have come under°str inspection,
The specific name is intended to express the lucid or transparentAppearance of the Infect.
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