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THE BROAD BORDERED YELLOW UNDER- WING 

 MOTH. 



Phalama Fimbria, 

 PLATE LXXXVI. 



Phalaena Fimbria, Turton's Linne, in. p. 296. Linn. Syst. 

 Nat. ii. p. 842. Fab. Ent. Syst. iii. p. 2. 



THE upper wings are of a high buff colour, marked 

 with obscure bands, or streaks ; the under wings are 

 reddish orange, with a broad bar of black towards 

 their anal margins, and a border of orange ; the 

 thorax, same colour as the upper wings ; and the 

 abdomen corresponds with those of the under wings ; 

 it has a transverse tail ; the antennae taper from the 

 base to the tips, where they are very slender. 



This rare British insect is distinguished from two 

 very common species that are allied to it, by the 

 broad stripe of black on the under wings, as its trivial 

 name implies. In the larva state, it is one of that 

 kind which collectors call under-ground feeders ; 

 subsisting chiefly on the roots of grass, and never 

 appearing above ground till the evening, for which 

 reason it is rarely taken by naturalists. It is of a 

 dull brown colour, having a double stripe of white 

 extending from its head to its tail ; and each segment 



