87 



THE GRAY SCOLLOPED BAR MOTH. 



Phalana Flavillacearius. 



PLATE xxx. 



Phalaena Flavillacearius, Harris's Aurelian, pi. xxxiii. fig. M. 



page 64 Maesia flavillacearius, Rennie's Conspectus, page 



102. 



THE wings of the male one inch and five- 

 twelfths, to seven-twelfths; the female one inch 

 one-third, to one- half. The whole insect is of a 

 pale ashy-gray, with two interrupted sesquialterous 

 bands or bars crossing the upper wings, having 

 black spots in the centre, and one on each of the 

 lower ones, with two black spots. All the wings 

 ^are provided with a fringe. The antennae are 

 filiform and tapering, and the tail broad and 

 fringed. 



This moth was first described by Harris in his 

 Aurelian. He received it from Mr Bolton of Hali- 

 fax, in Yorkshire, and also in Hampshire. It is a 

 scarce British moth, and appears in the winged 

 state in June. 



