Illustrations of British Entomology, Vol. 4: Or, a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects; Containing Their Generic and Specific Distinctions; With an Account of Their Metamorphoses, Times of Appearance, Localities, Food, and Economy, as Far as Practicable; Embel
Excerpt from Illustrations of British Entomology, Vol. 4: Or, a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects; Containing Their Generic and Specific Distinctions; With an Account of Their Metamorphoses, Times of Appearance, Localities, Food, and Economy, as Far as Practicable; Embellished With Coloured Figures of the Rarer And Anterior wings ochry-griseous, thickly but irregularly marked with minute transverse obscure streaks, with two oblique dusky lines, having a dark spot between them near the costa, the basal line nearly straight, ...
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Excerpt from Illustrations of British Entomology, Vol. 4: Or, a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects; Containing Their Generic and Specific Distinctions; With an Account of Their Metamorphoses, Times of Appearance, Localities, Food, and Economy, as Far as Practicable; Embellished With Coloured Figures of the Rarer And Anterior wings ochry-griseous, thickly but irregularly marked with minute transverse obscure streaks, with two oblique dusky lines, having a dark spot between them near the costa, the basal line nearly straight, the posterior one more or less waved towards the costa; the wing from the latter to the hinder margin is rather darker than the base, and has in general a more or less distinct pale waved streak; the margin itself is brown, with darker cilia, intermixed with white: posterior wings paler, generally with an obscure streak towards the middle on the inner edge, and a faint central dusky dot the hinder margin darker, with fuscous cilia. The oblique strigae on the anterior wings are sometimes nearly approximating, and at others widely apart. Caterpillar brown with darker spots: it feeds on the birch during the autumn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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