64 PLATE CCXXXIX. 



FIG. II. 



PHALvENA COMPRESSA 

 Lepidoptera; 



BOMBYX. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Wings comprefTed, white, in the middle grey, with a large common 

 brown mark, and white lunule. 



Bombyx compressa: alis comprefTo adfcendentibus niveis : ma- 

 cula communi fufca, centrali grifea : lunula alba, 

 Fab. Ent. Syjl. 3. p. 2. 455. 149, 



Phalaena fpinula. Wien. Verz. 64. 6. 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 1. tab. 6, 



Not very uncommon in the month of June ; it is called the Goofe- 



egg Moth, 



PLAT£ 



4 



