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PLATE CCXCIX. 



PHALiENA ROBORIS. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, • 



Antennae taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when 

 at reft. Fly by night. 



* * Noi^fua. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNONTMS. 



Wings deflexed, greyi(h : two undulated white waves acrofs the 

 ■anterior pair : a white fpace in the middle, having a lunar black 

 mark in its center. 



Phal^na Roboris: lasvis alis deflexis cinereis: flrigis duabus 

 undatis albis, macula central! nivea : lunula nigra. 

 Fab. Ent. Syji. 3. p. 2. p. ZS- fP' 9°' 



A fcarce fpecies ; it is found on the nut-tree. 



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