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PLATE CCXIII. 



PHALiENA PR /ECO X. 

 Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when 

 at reft. Fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNO NTMS. 

 Noctua. 



Thorax crefted. Wings deflexed. Firil pair afh-colour with two 

 fpots on each, and a ihort dafh of red near the ends. Second pair 

 reddifh brown. 



Phal^ena Precox : criftataalis deflexis cinereis bimaculatis: pof- 

 ticis fafcia rufa abbreviata. — Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 854. 

 174. — Fab. Ent. Syft. I. 3./). 2. 97. 289. 

 Roef. Inf. l.phal. 2. tab. 51. 



When the late Duchefs of Portland honoured the fcientific as 

 well as practical part of Entomology with her patronage, her Grace 

 difcovered, and reared from the caterpillars feveral fpecies of Phalama, 

 of which collectors were ignorant before. Phalasna Precox is among 

 the number of thofe her Grace found in one of the Portland ifles ; 

 and the fpecimen we have figured is one which formed part of her 

 collection. 



Fabricius 



