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TAB. XXIX. 



PHAL.^NA N. ^rifera. 

 Yorkshire burnished Brass Moth. 



Classy. Insecta. Orders. Lepidoptera. 



Spec. Char. Crested, anterior wings dark brown, 

 with a large brassy spot near the apex. 



Syn. Noctua Bracteina. Prod. Lepidopt. Brit. 16. 

 720. 103. 



This Insect has long been known to the Enghsh Aurehans 

 by the name of the Yorkshire burnished Brass Moth, but 

 does not appear to have been hitherto described, in conse- 

 quence of its having been always mistaken for P. Bractea, 

 figured in the preceding Plate. 



