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LINNAEUS 1 GLYPHIPTERYX. 



PLATE XXX. Fig. 2. 



Phal. Linea Linneella, Linn. ^Ecophera Linneella, Zofr. . 

 Glyphipteryx Linneella, Hub?ier 9 Curtis, iv. PL 152. 



PALPI longer than the head, somewhat curved, the 

 radical joint short, second long, the third nearly 01 

 equal length to the second, but more slender ; pro- 

 boscis short ; antennae as long as the wings ; thorax 

 without a crest ; the wings nearly lanceolate, with 

 very long fringes, the anterior pair adorned with 

 elevated tufts of metallic scales ; are the principal 

 distinctive marks of Glyphipteryx. It includes about 

 ten British species, of which the 'beautiful example 

 figured may be regarded as the type. It sometimes 

 expands nearly half an inch, the anterior wings 

 tawny-orange, with three round silvery spots on the 

 disk of each, rising considerably above the surface, 

 and placed in the form of a triangle ; the base and 

 apex of the wing are black with a metallic gloss, 

 and there is likewise a metallic line anteriorly and 

 a small spot at the base. The fringes and hinder 



