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 PLATE CLXXV. 



PHAL.ENA SCHiEFFERELLA. 



Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennas taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed wlien at 

 reft. Fly by night. 



Tinea. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNONTMS, 



Firft wings orange, with fpots and ftripes of filver: a deep black 

 fringe. Second wings pale black. 



TlNEi* ScH^FFERELLA : Linn. Syjl. Nat. 2. 898.443. — Fn. Sv» 

 1409. 



Tinea ScH^FFERELLA : aliis nigris : difco flavo ; ftrigis lineis 

 duabus pun6tifque tribus argenteis. Fab. Spec. Inf' 

 2. 303. 79. — Ent. Syji. Tom. 3. p. 2. 322. 155. 



Linnsus fays this beautiful little Infedl feeds on the Chefnut. We 

 found it on "the Tanfey, in May, 1796. 



It has not been figured by any author that has fallen under our in- 

 fpedlion ; and the Synonyms given by Fabricius, in his laft work, 

 refer only to the dcfcription given by Linnaius, and JVten, Verz. * 

 138. 21. — The fpecific name was adopted by Linnzeus, and continued 



* Catalogue of Infeds found near Vienna. 



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