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PRATE CCCCLIMM, 
FIG. 1 
PHAL/NA AUROSIGNATA., 
SCARCE PURPLE GOLDEN Y MOTH. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne taper from the bafe ; wings in general deflected when at 
yeft: fly by night. 
Noéiua. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
PHALENA AUROSIGNATA. Anterior wings purplifh varied with 
fufcous: in the middle a vermicular golden charac- 
ter regularly lobate at one extremity. 
This is an extremely fcarce, and we believe, undefcribed fpecies. 
In its general appearance this curious infeéct is nearly allied to the 
Noétua interrogationis of Fabricius; it is as large as the Common Y 
Moth (Nodiua gamma): the anterior wings are tinged with purple, 
and the flexuous mark in the middle of each golden. ‘The habits of 
this fpecies are unknown, 
G 2 FIG. 
