PLATE CCCLV. 79 



F I G. III. 



PHALiENA CYNOSBANA. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 

 Anterior wings dark brown, white at the tips. 

 Phal^na Cynosbana : alis anticis fufcis apice albis. Fab, 

 Pyralis Cynosbana. Fab. Ent. Syji. 3. ^.283. 167. 

 Tinea Cynofbatella. Linn. SyJi. Nat. 887. 368. — Fn. Sv. 1397. 



Linnaeus, and after him Fabricius, refers to the works of Dc 

 Geer and Merian for figures of this Infe£t, neither of which are in 

 our opinion fufficient authorities; that of De Geer is in particular 

 miferable, and fo far from leading to afcertain the fpecies, may 

 miflead us as to the identity of its genera. Some years fmce, this 

 Infedl was deemed a noadefcript by Englifh colledlors, and named 

 in compliment to a much refpeded AureUan Beckwithiana ; but 

 agreeing in every refpedl with the Linnasan Cynojbanay we muft una- 

 voidably rejeft that name, though generally adopted. 



It is very common, and according to Linnaeus breeds in the 

 buds of rofes. 



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