TAB. LXVII.
P H A L ^ E N A A C R I A.
C R E A M E R M I N E M O T H .
CROTALARIA P E R F O L IA T A . L IN N .
P E R FO L IATE CROTALAR IA.
P h . Bombyx elinguis, alis deflexis niveis: pundtis nigris; coftalibus majoribus, pedibus annu-
latis, dorfo fulvo.
Bombyx Acria. Fair. Entom. emend. V. 4. 451.
Phalsena Acrea. Entry's Inf. V. 1. t. 3. f . 2. female.
Pkakena caprotina. Ibid. f . 3. Cram. Paj>. t. 287« f . C . male.
T he caterpillar w as taken on the Cancer W e ed in May, b u t it is a general devourer
o f almoft all field and garden plants and weeds. I t fpun up in a th in web intermixed
w ith its own hairs on the lOth o f May; th e moth came o u t Ju n e 2. Others
o f th e autumnal brood taken in September, fpun on the 18th o f th a t month, and
remained in th e chryfalis till the 2 il l o f April. T h e moth is lefs frequently leen.
th a n th e caterpillar, b u t is found in Virginia as well as Georgia.
The Ermine Moths, as they are called, are next akin to the Tiger tribe, and follow them
immediately in the Linnasan Syltem. The abdomen is limilarly fpotted in both, as well as
the hind wings, though little affinity can be traced in the fore ones. The caterpillars too are
very much alike.
Whether the plant in the figure be what Mr. Abbot calls the Cancer Weed, we are not
certain, though his account feems to imply it. This Ihrub has been very rare in our gardens,
and indeed Hill is fo, though it was lately brought from Carolina by that indefatigable collector
Mr. Frafer.
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