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Title: 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
Year: 1792 (1790s)
Authors: Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837
Subjects: Insects Insects
Publisher: London, Printed for the author, and for F. & C. Rivington
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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wings. PhaLjENA PRODROMARiA,pe£linicornis alls albis nigro pun&atis :fafciis duabus latis fufcis. Fab. Ent. Sjjl. T. 3. p. 1.159. 105. Phalaena Prodromaria. Wien. Verz. 99. 1. The larva of this Moth, like others of the geometry, raifes itfelf,when walking, into the form of an arch or loop : it is of an ob-fcure grey and brown colour, laintly mottled: the head is red.This larva is feldom taken, and when taken, is reared to the fly#ate with the utmofl difficulty. It feems a local fpecies; for we have 8 PLATE CCXIX. have never heard that it has been found, except on the Oak trees *in Richmond Park, It feeds on the higheft branches of the trees,but defcends into the earth to become a pupa. It appears in thefly ftate in March. The male In feci is confiderably fmaller than the female. Itshorns, or antennas, are alfo larger, and more feathered. This is afcarce Infect. It is found in Germany ; and a variety of it hasbeen received from North America. It feeds alfo on Lime tree*. PLATE :/
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t 55 3PLATE CCXXXVIL PHAL^NA BETULARIA.Peppered Moth. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennze taper from the bafe : wings in general defle£led when atfreft. Fly by nighti SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYM^ Antennae pe£tinated, with fetaceous tip: wings entirely white,fpeckled with black* pHALifeNA BetularIA: pectinicornis, alis Omnibus albis, thorace fafcia nigra* antennis apice fetaceis. Linn. Syjl. Nat. 2. 862* 217* En. S-v. 1287. Tab. Spec. Inf. 2. 252. 56.PHALJENA antennis peclinatis, alis horizontalibus albis nigro punc- tatis maculatifque, thorace faciato. Degeer. In/* Verz. Germ. 2, 1. 250. 1. tab. 5. fig, 18. Ammiral. Inf. tab. 21* Schaff. Icon. tab. 88. fig. 4>. 5. Albin. Inf. tab. 91, 92, Kkman. Inf 1. tab. 39. fig, 6. G 4 found 5 6 PLATE CCXXXVII. Found on the Lime, Willow, and Elm in the ftate of Larva,changes to the Pupa in September; and the Moth appears in May.The Larva of this creature differ very much in their fhades of colour;they are generally blackifh or dark olive with a fe

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