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 PLATE CCLXXXI. 



PHAL1NA FAGANA. 

 Common Silver-line Moth. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennas, taper from the bafe : wings in general defle&ed when at 

 reft. Fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS'. 



Anterior wings green, with three oblique white, or filvery ftripes 

 acrofs each. Antennas and feet fulvous. 



Pyralis Fagana: alis viridibus: ftrigis tribus obliquis albis, 



antennis pedibufque fulvis. Fab. Ent. Syjl. S. p. 2. 



243. 5. 

 Phalaena Fagana. Wien. Werz. 125. 2. 



Koefi Inf. 4. tab. 22. 



Petiv. Gazoph. tab. 7. fig. 1 1. 



Ammiral Inf. tab. 2, fig. 1. 



Alb. Inf. tab. 31. 



Wilks.pap. X.tab. I. a. IS. 



This fpecies of Phalaena is not uncommon, but deferves particular 

 attention for its lingular and very beautiful appearance. The larva 

 is found on the Oak in Auguft and September : in the beginning of 



H 2 Oaober, 



