TAB. XLV.
P H A L Æ N A C E C R O P I A,
G R E A T B R O W N EM P E R O R M O TH .
PRU N U S PENS YL VAN ICA- LINN. SUPPL. 252?
WILD AMERICAN PLUM.
1. ' A T T A C l P E C T I N I C O R N E S.
jPhy Attocus pedtinicornis elinguis, alis fubfalcatis grifeis fafcia lunulifque fulvis : primoribus
ocello ante apicem nigro.
Phalæna Cecropia. Litm, Sy/l.-Nat. 80g. • Entry's Inf. V. 1. t. 18. f . 2 . Cram,-Pap. t. 4 2 .f. A. B.
Bombyx Cecropia. Fair. Entom. emend. V.4. 408.
Feeds upon th e wild plum tree ,'here figured, th e fru it o f wh ich is not eatable, arid
alfo on th e garden plum, red root, &c. I t Ipun on the 17th o f June, and th e moth:
came out the 30 th o f M arch following. .
This caterpillar is hard to raife in th e houfe, as it w ill n o t feed freely in confinement.
I t fpins upo n a twig. T h e outfide w eb is coarfe, th e inner covered w ith filk
like a filkworm’s cocoon. I t is faid this filk has been carded, Ipun, and made into
ftockings, and th a t it will wa lh like linen. However th e Ijpecies is too rare to be
o f any utility in Georgia. I t is n o t in V irginia, b u t common a t N ew Y ork, and has
been bred in England from fome brought over in the chryfalis Rate. T h e caterpillars
were fed on the apple-tree.
- We cannot in this inftance commend the nomenclature of Linnæus, nor is.it eafy to con-
jedture what connexion he imagined between this moth, magnificent as it is, and the city 06
Athens, to which its name implies it to belong. . . .. •