34 PLATE CCLXV. 



without noticing any figure of it alfo, until the Entomologia Syflema- 

 tica appeared, when a reference is given to tab. 5. Phal. 3. FoL I. of 

 Roefel's Infe£ls. This is however erroneous, for Linnaeus includes 

 that reference among the Synonyms of his PhaJctna Gammay and 

 Gmelin, his lateft editor, continues the fame amongft the Synonyms of 

 Gamma likewife. Kleman , who revifed the laft edition of Roefel's 

 ■work, is decidedl/ of opinion, that t'ue figure is that of Gamma, 

 and afligns the Linnasan fpecific name to it accordingly. Whatever 

 reafon influenced the opinion of Fabricius, that the figure in queftion 

 was the true Phalsena Iota of Linnaeus, when that author himfelf 

 fays othervvife, is not mentioned by Fabricius, and is by no means 

 clear to us; but one circumftance cannot efcape obfervation : Fa- 

 bricius has in no inftance referred to the figure in Roefel's plate be- 

 fore the publicat'on of his lafl work, though all the other Synonyms 

 of Phalcena Gamma are the fame in every edition of the Fabrician 

 fyftems as in thofe of his predecefTor, Linnaeus. 



This Infe£l is very beautiful, and much rarer thanr the following 

 fpecies. It is found on the common, and white dead nettles, or 

 archangel. The larva has twelve feet; is without hairs, gre^nj 

 and fpotted with white. The Moth appears in June. 



F I G. II. 



PHAL^NA GAMMA. 



Common 7 Moth. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 



A NO 



Sr NO NT MS. 



Thorax crelled. Anterior wings brown, with a golden % infcribed 

 in the centre, 



Phal^na 



