42 PLATE CCCXLII. 



F I G. II. 



PHAL^NA SPAR T 1 A T A, 

 Broom Moth. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



ST NO NT MS. 



Antennae fctaceous. Firil: wings deep grey with large oblong 

 brown fpots, encircled with white. Second wings afh-coloured. 



Phal^na Spartiata : feticornis alis oblongis fufcis : vitta albida, 

 pofticis cinereis. Fab. Ent. Syji. T. 3. p. 2.' 

 p. iSl./p. 1S8. 



Phalsna Spartiata. Fur/l. Arch. 2. tab. 5. 



Feeds on the broom, and is fonnd in the winged ftate in June and 

 July.^ — It is fcarce, or at leaft very local. 



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