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PLATE CCLXXXL 



PHALiENA FAGANA. 



Common Silver-line Moth. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antenns, taper from the b^fe. Wings in general deflexed, when 

 at reft. Fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



STNONTMS. 



Anterior wings green, with three oblique white, or filvery ftripes 

 acrofs each. Antennas and feet fulvous. 



Pyralis Fagana : alis vlridibus: ftrigis tribus obliquis albis, 

 antennis pedibufque fulvis. Fab. Ent. Syji. 3. p. 2. 



243- 5- 

 |*halasna Fagana. fVien. Verz. 125. 2. 

 Roef. Inf. 4. tab. 22. 

 Petiv. Gazoph. tab. 'J'fig' II. 

 Ammlral Inf. tab, 2. fig. i. 

 Alb. Inf. tab. 31. 

 fFilks.pap. I. tab. I. «. 13. 



The Phalasna Fagana is not one of the rarer Britifh fpecies ; it 

 claims attention for its lingular and beautiful appearance only. 

 The larva is found on the oak in Auguft and September : in the 



beginning 



