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THE BRISK MOTH. 

 Phal&na Lepida. 



PLATE XLV1I. 



Phalaena Lepida, Cramer's Desc. des Pap. iii. p. 50, pi. 130, 



fig. E. 



THE upper wings of the Phalcena Lepida are 

 black at their insertion, with a very broad green 

 band across the middle, and a broad or umber 

 brown border ; the lower wings are entirely of this 

 last colour, as well as the abdomen ; the head and 

 body are green, the antennae filamentary and short, 

 and the eyes crimson. 



The Phalcena Lepida is a rare moth, and inha- 

 bits Bengal. 



