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This infect has been erroneoufly conildered by Efper and others as 

 the Phalaena nictitans of Linnaeus, an hifecl which it pretty much 

 refembles, but from which it differ •> fpecifically. This circumftance is 

 mentioned particularly by Emit, who defcribes and figures both the 

 linnaean fpecies, and the infecl mifiaken for it. The fpecimens he 

 delineates are in the cabinet of M. Gerning of Frankfort. Ernft 

 defcribes our infecl: as a fcarce fpecies in Germany : in England 

 we believe it is very rare ; the only ipecimeo we poffefs is in the ca- 

 binet of Mr. Drury. 



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