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THE BLACK AND CREAM SPOTTED MOTH. 

 Phalama Atralis. 



PLATE XCIV. 



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Phalaena Atralis, Fab. Si, t. JEnt. iii. p. 2, 241. Donovan's 

 Brit. In . pi. 266, fig. 4. 



THE wings are black, with two cream coloured 

 spots on each. 



Size of the insect, five-eighths of an inch, with 

 extended wings. 



It is said to be f.und in Germany, and is very 

 rare as a British species, but has been taken on 

 Epping Forest. 



