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BROAD-BORDERED YELLOW UNDERWINQ. 



Tripho&na Fiinbria. 

 PLATE XXII. Fig. 1. 



Phol. Noctua Fimbria, Linn.; Don. vi. PI. 208 Noctua 



Solani, Fabr. Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Harris 9 

 Aurel. PI. v. fig. 2 Triphaena Firabria, Ochsen, Stepk. 



THE genus Triphaena (an ancient classical name 

 applied to a female) is included in the great family 

 of the NOCTUID^E, and is readily distinguished from 

 all the groups to which our attention has been 

 hitherto directed, by having the proboscis long 

 and spiral, like that of the diurnal lepidoptera. 

 The palpi rise upwards in front of the head and are 

 somewhat compressed, the radical joint shorter than 

 the two others, the second long, the third short 

 and attenuated, with the tip obtuse. The antennae 

 are simple in both sexes, those of the male ciliated 

 on the under side ; the thorax without a crest, but 

 furnished with a large flap or tippet in front. All 

 the species are of middle size, and rather gaily 

 coloured, especially on the underwings, which are 

 bright yellow with a black posterior margin. When 

 they fly it is only for a short distance at a time, and 

 chiefly in the afternoon and evening. In the earlier 



