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THE ANGLE SHADES. 



PJiioyophora Meticulosa. 

 PLATE XXIV. Fig. 3. 



Phal. Noct. meticulosa, Linn. ; Don. iv. PL 139 Angl*- 



Shades-Moth, Wilkes, PI. 3, Harris' Aurel. PI. 41 Phlogo- 



phora meticulosa, Treitschke, Ochsen, Steph, 



IN Phlogophora (from pXog flame, and $tpn to 

 carry, in allusion to the shape of the markings on 

 the anterior wings) the antennas are long, slender, 

 and ciliated ; the abdomen tufted at the hase ; the 

 anterior wings rather narrow, with a sinuosity on 

 the hinder margin and several ragged teeth ; the 

 hinder wings very slightly dentate on the edge. 

 The only British species is that figured. The upper 

 wings, which usually measure nearly two inches 

 across, are pale rosy-white, more or less clouded 

 with olive-brown, each of them with a large tri- 

 angular purplish mark in the centre, beyond which 

 there is a white band, the margin more or less 

 marbled with olive-brown. The hinder wings are 

 whitish, sometimes with a faint rosy tinge pos- 

 teriorly, having a dusky central crescent, and two 

 or three faint transverse waved dusky lines. 



