PLATE CVI.
93
g. Phal. hamata alls superioribus flavis puncto lituraque posticahamata ferrugineis. Linn. Syjt. Nat. 2. 876. 29Q.• Fn. Sv. 1309.
Clerk. Phal. tab. fig. 4.
-:- tab. i'.fig. 5. 6 .
Fabri. Spec. Inf. 2. 280. 25.
Taken on Epping Forest in June.—We have rarely met with this
Insect.
PHALÆNA Q_U ERCANA.
Tortrix.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Antennae very long. First wings pale pink, margined with yel-low: yellow spots on the center. Inferior wings pale; undersidetinctured with pink.
Phal. ghiercana alis anticis fiavis, maculis daubus costalibussulphureis. Fab. Syfi. Ent. 652. 39.Phalæna fagana Wien. Vers. 28. 7. tab. 1. a. b.
— - -- - tab. I. b. b.
The low oaks, and particularly such as are encircled with ivy,generally afford a shelter to numbers of this pretty Insect during thel* e at of the day ; they are seldom found in the thickest of the wood,they s eem to prefer the thick hedges by the road sides.
Is found in the months of May, June, and July.
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