42 PLATE CCLXVII. 



FIG. III. HI. 



FHALiENA PODAELLA, 

 Scarce Japanned Moth. 



Lepidoptera. 



Tinea. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Antennae very long : wings golden black. A narrow gilt line 

 of equal breadth acrofs the anterior wings. 



Phal^naPodella : antennis longiffimis, alis nigro-seneis, anticis 



fafcia equali angufta aurea. 

 Phalyena Podella : antennis mediocribus alis nigris fafcia albida. 



Linn. Syji. Nat. 896. 428. 

 Alucita PodaelJa. Fab. Ent. Syfi. 3. p. 2. 341. n. 4>2. 



Like the preceding fpecies, the two fexes of Phal^na Poda* 

 ella are diftinguiihed by the form of the antennae ; and Linnaeus 

 has evidently defcribed only the male, or he would not have defined 

 it — " Antennis mediocribus," for the antennas of the female are re- 

 markably long. 



The 



