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THE FOOTMAN MOTH. 

 Phalana Grammica. FEMALE. 



PLATE LXXVl. 



Phalaena Grammica, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 830. Turton's 

 Linnt, iii. p. 2*21. Donovan's JJrit. Ins. Merian, Ins. 

 Europ. i. pi. 5. 



UPPER wings of a fine golden yellow, transversely 

 streaked with black ; the under wings and body of a 

 very bright golden yellow, with a black terminal 

 band ; the whole are fringed. 



This elegant species is introduced among the 

 British lepidoptera, upon the most satisfactory autho- 

 rity, namely, that of Mr Donovan, who found a 

 living specimen of it on the island of Anglesea, in 

 the month of September, under the shade of a little 

 cluster of stones and bushes, near Manachty, the 

 northern extremity of the island, and at no great 

 distance from the road to Grogridy. 



It had not before been noticed as a British insect, 

 till discovered by this indefatigable author, to whose 

 industry the British Fauna owes many of its novelties. 

 It is not unfrequent in Germany, and several other 

 parts of Europe. 



