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 PLATE CCCXVII. 



PHAL^NA PERSICARI^. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antenna taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when 

 at reft. FI3' by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



s r N o N r M s. 



Thorax crefted, wings deflexed, dark and clouded. A white 

 icidney-fhaped fpot, with a yellow lunar pupil in the middle on each. 



Phal^na Persicari.^ : crifta alis deflexis fufco nebulofis: ftig- 

 mate reniformi albo ; pupilla lunari flava. Linn. 

 Syjl. Nat. 2. 847. 142. — Fn. Suec. 1208, 

 Geoff. Inf. 2. 157. 94. • 

 Amnilr. Inf. tab. 157. 

 Roef. Inf. I. phal. 2. tab. 30. 



A very common infeil ; and is often obferved near fruit trees. 



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