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THE MAID OF HONOUR MOTH. 



Phalana Ditaria. 



PLATE XCll. 



Phalaena ditaria, Fab. Ent. Syst. iii. p. 2. Wein. Verz. 

 97. 6 Donovan's Brit. Ins. 1 Harris's Cat. 31. 218. 

 pi. 202. 



THE wings of this beautiful insect are bright green, 

 with white spots, having rose-coloured clouds towards 

 their extremities ; the thorax and abdomen are also 

 of the same colour. The antennae taper from the 

 base. 



This appears to be a very local species. It has 

 been found for many years past, in the month of 

 June, near the Oak of Honour, in the neighbourhood 

 of Packham. 



It is also a continental species, but seems to be 

 very rare, as Fabricius refers to only one author for 

 it. He savs that it feeds on the oak. 



