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PHALANA EMARGANA, 
Notrcu Wine. 
LEPIDOPTERA, 
GENERIG CHARACTER. 
Antenne taper from the bafe. Wings in general contracted 
when at reft. Fly by night. 
Torrrix, Linneus. 
Pyrauis, Fabricius. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.. 
Firft wings brown, with reticulated dark lines; the anterior margin 
deeply excavated in the form of a curve. Pofterior wings light 
brown. 
P, Emargana. Allis fubcaudatis flavis fufco reticulatis fafciaque 
lata fufca, margine craffiori late emargi- 
nato. Sy/?, But. Fab. 651. 37. 
‘The excavations of the fuperior wings of this Infect contribute fuch 
an air of novelty to its general appearance, that it might rather be 
confidered as the effe& of chance or defign, on a fingle Infect, if 
we did not obferve that charaster prevail through every {pecimen; we 
find two kinds of them in feveral cabinets in London, and we are in 
poflefion of a third that differs from either. 
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