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PLATE CCXIV. 



PHALjENA russula. 



Clouded Buff Moth. 



Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennas taper from the bafe. Wings in general deffexed when 

 at reft. Fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



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STNONTMS. 



Wings deflexed, bright yellow. Margin and antennas blood red. 

 A lunar-fhaped fpot on the middle of the wings. 



Phal^ena Russula : alis deflexis luteis: margine.fanguineo lunu- 

 laque fufca, antennis fanguineis. — Fab. Ent. Syji. I. 3. 

 p. I. 180. — Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 830. 71. 

 S chaff. Icon. tab. 83. fig 4, 5. 

 Clerk. Icon. tab. 4. fig. I. 

 Raj. Inf. 228. 75. 



As the Phalaenas are not remarkable for a variety of gay colours, 

 like thofe of the Papilio genus, an exception to a general rule in 

 the beautiful fpecies before us, more ftrongly demands our notice. 

 The male Phalasna RufTula, which is known by the pectinated an- 

 tennae, is of a fine golden yellow, with a rich, though narrow mar- 

 ginal band of fanguineous red round the wings. The female is a 

 pretty Infect, but is more inclined to brown throughout than the 

 male. 



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