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F I G. VII. 



PHAL^ENA S Q_U A M A N A. 



Green tufted, or Button Moth. 



Lepidoptera. 



Phal^na. 



Tortrix Lin, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNONTMS. 

 Upper wings green, tufted all over. Inferior wings pale brown. 



Fhal. Pyralis Sq^amana : alis virefcentlbus fcabris. Fab. Syjl, 

 Ent. 651. 36. Spec. Inf. 2. 284. 50. 



This is exceedingly rare. The upper wings are very curious, 

 being entirely covered with tufts of feathers, of various fizes, fomc 

 brownifh, others inclining to white, but mofl: of them are green, 

 which is the ground colour of the wings. Of its Larva we are en- 

 tirely ignorant ; nor can we derive any affiftance in that refpe£l from 

 entomological writers, as Fabricius only has defcribed the Moth. 

 He fays it is a native of England, and preferved in the cabinet of 

 Mr. Monfon, 



Taken in June, 



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