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icitiv, removing the alucita * of Linnseus under the title of Ptero- 

 phorus. 



He therefore ufes the fpecific n^.me marglnella to his tinea and alu- 

 cita. Our fpecimen is defcribed by him, under the name Aludta 

 marginella. It is found on the juniper in May. 



Taken at Dartford. 



F I G. III. 



PHAL^NA PAV.ONANAo 



Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



P H A L iE N A. 

 T O R T R I X. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Superior wings clouded with black and buff-coloured markings, and 

 a very minute reprefentation of a peacock's feather at the apex. A 

 dorfal fpot of bright brown, furrounded with a deep black mark^. 

 Inferior wings grey brown, with the eye of the peacock's feather at 

 the apex. 



This fingular Tortri:^, which abounds with beautiful markings, is 

 particularly diftinguifhed by the elegioifly little mark at the apex oi^ 

 the upper v/ings, which appears like the feather of a peacock's tail : 



* The ihfcfts diftinguifhed by this title arc known by the trivial names 

 Plumes, or Fans ; their wings being entirely formed of feathers connefted 

 only near the bafe in the manner of a fan„ 



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