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PLATE CCCCXII. 



PHALJENA FLEXUOSA, 



YORKSHIRE Y MOTH, 

 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Ceneric character. 



Antenna gradually tapering from the bafe to the tip : wings m 

 general deflected when at reft. Fly by night. 



* Nottua. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



NoCTUA Flexuosa. Anterior wings reddifli-grey varied with 

 fub-ferruginous : in the middle a flexuous white 

 ftreak inclofmg a pale lobiform fpot. 



This fpecies of Noctua is defcribed upon the authority of an 

 unique Britilh fpecimen in the cabinet of Mr. Drury, that has not 

 been hitherto defcribed by any writer. It was taken in Yorkflaire, 

 and has been denominated among Englifli collectors to whom the 

 circumftance Mas known, the Yorkshire Y Moth. We name it 

 Flexuofa from the whitifli flexuous line, which originates at the inner 

 edge of the iirft wings near the bafe, and paffing from thence 



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