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PLATE LXV. 



F I G. I. 



PHAL^NA INTERROGATIONANA, 



Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antenns taper from the bafe, Wings in general contradled when 

 ^t reft. Fly by night, 



T O R T R I X, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Superior wings dark red-brown with an undulated line refembling 

 the note of interrogation on each. Inferior wings z^nd body pal^ 

 brown. 



Is very rare, and has only been hitherto taken in the wilds of Kent, 

 and fome other diftant parts of the country ; our fpecimen was taken 

 in Auguft. 



An infe61 fo fingularly marked, cannot readily be confounded with 

 any other fpecies, as we do not poffefs one which bears much refem- 

 blance to it; the Efioft ftriking particular for a fpecific diftindibn are 

 the two waved lines of white on the fuperior wings, which being cou- 

 trafted with the brown colour, gives it a very unufual appearance. 



It is an undefcribed infeft, and we have called it Phalaena Interroga- 

 tionana, as the white undulated mark, if viewed fidewaySj refciwbles ^ 



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