TAB. LYII.
P H A L t E N A S E N A T O R I A .
COM M O N W H I T E S P O T M O T H .
F A G U S P U M I L A . L I N N .
C H IN Q U A P IN , OR DWARF C H E SN U T 'T R E E .
.P h . Bombyx elinguis, alis reverfis fufco-teftaceis ftriga fxifca: primoribus pun<Sto centrali niyeo.
FEEDS-^n Chinquapin, and. on all k in d s'o f Oaks. I t w e n t into th e ground on th e
:14th; o f September, and came o u t th e 2d o f July, following. In fome feafohs thefe
caterpillars are very plentiful in th e autumn, th e whble brood feeding together on
a Angle: b u ih or tre e ,; bu t thé fly is uncommon.
The female of this bears a great refemblance to the laft, but the male proves it to be certainly
a diflinCc Ipecies. We have named it/enaioria topreferve an analogy with impiratoria,
and in allulion to the gravity-of its colours.
