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whether it is not the Pha. T. Seppella * of Fabricius ; the defcriptions 

 nearly correfpond, but we are unwilling, without other proof, to give 

 it that fpecific name. 



Until very lately it was confldered as an exceedingly rare infe<^, 

 but feveral fpecimens were taken at Highgate laft furtimer. 



FIG. IV. 



PHAL^NA CURTISELLA. 



Lepidoptera. 



Tinea, 



SPECIFIC CHJRJCTER, 



Superior wings, and thorax white, rpeckled,and fpotted with brown. 

 Inferior wings and body pale brown. 



This infeft is very uncommon, and though it has never been 

 cither figured or defcrlbed before, it has been arranged in thofe cabi- 

 nets which pofTefTed the fpecimen, under the fpecific name Curtifella, 

 after Mr. Curtis, author of the Flora Londinenjis, &c. 



The name was originally inferted "by Mr. Marsham, In his ma- 

 nufcripts, and was intended as a compliment to the abilities of that 

 fcientific gentleman ; it has not hitherto appeared in public, but we 

 can feel no reluctance to adopt the fame name. 



^ Alij auratis, ilrigis duabus argenteis. Gen, Inf, Maut» 296, 



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