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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
Digitizing Sponsor: Mann Library, Cornell

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ich the nature of our plan cannot permit us to refufe inferting. Our endeavours to procure the Caterpillar have hitherto been in-effectual, although it is very probably to be taken early in the feafon,feeding on the bramble. It is defcribed to be a brown larva, naked,or without hairs, with a conic gibbofity or rifing on all the middlefegments of the back, and one larger than the reft with a doublepointed tip, towards the anterior part or head. Our Fly was taken in EfTex, July 14th. Has been met with in Combe wood. F I G. II. PHALiENA AMATORIA. Blood Vein, or Buff Argos Moth. * Geometra. Wings pale, powdered with brown, with a ffraight purple line,and fufcous obfolete llreak behind. PiiaLjENA Amatoria : alis pallidis pulverulentis: fafcia purpurearec~t.a ftrigaque fufca repanda. Linn. Fn. Suec.1223.—Fair. Sp. Inf. 2. p. 242. n. 10. The Caterpillars of this Phalaena feed on the oak leaves. Theyare green, with yellow rings. The Fly is found in Effex very com-monly in the month of July,
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( 2S ) PLATE X. P H A L JE N A FESTUC£ Gold Spot Moth. Lepidoptera* GENERIC CHARACTER.Spiral Trunk j Back fmooth, without CrefL SPECIFIC CHARACTER, Firft Wings brown, with two gold-Over fpots on each. SecondWings and Abdomen pale brown. Head, antennae and Thoraxbright orange brown. Syji. Ent, 607/71.—Linn. Syfi. Nat. 2. 845. 131,—Fn. Sv. 11 JO.—Degeer Inf. Fers. Germ. 2. I. 312. l.—AMn. Inf. Tab. 84. Fig G. U.—IVilks Pap, 8, Tab. 1. a. iy.-—Afia Holm. 174.8. Ttf£. 6. Fzg-. 3. 4,— Kleman. Inf. I. 5~!z£. 30. i7^. A. The Caterpillars which are fmootb, and of a plain green colour, arefound on fuch plants as grow in ditches, or fenny f;tuations.-—TheSifymbrium Nafturtium, Water Crefs, is its common food, but itwill devour with avidity mofr. aquatic vegetables, particularly theFejluca Fluitans, Floating Fefcue Grafs. It is efteemed one of therarefr. Species of Phalsenae we have in this country, its elegant formand rich colouring determines it alfo one of the moil beautifu

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