36 PLATE CCXXX. 



FIG. II. 



PHAL^NA LUCIPARA. 



Scarce Angle Shades Moth, 

 lepidoptera. 



PHAL^NA. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



s r N o N r M s. 



Crefted. Wings deflexed, greyifh, with angular dark marks. 

 An angular light coloured fpace on the exterior part of the Wing, 

 and a pale band acrofs the middle of each. 



NocTUA LuciPARA cHftata, alis deflexis cinereo nitidis, fafcia 



media lata fufca. Fah. Spe. Inf. 2. 233. I2i. — 



Ent. Syjl. 3. p. 2. /. 99. 244. 

 Phalana lucipara fpirilinguis criftata, alis purpurafcentibus lucidis, 



fafcia nigra, ftigmate portico flavo. Linn. Syjf. 



Nat. 2. 857. 187. — Fn. Sv. i2or. 



The common Angle -fliades Moth, [Phalana Meticulofd) is figured 

 in a former part of this Work. Phalasna Lucipara is an Infe6l 

 nearly allied to it, but is far more fcarce ; we have only met with 

 the Specimen figured in the annexed Plate. — The Larva is fuppofecl 

 to feed on the internal fubflance of Willows. The Fly has alfo 

 been obferved among thofe trees. 



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