J4 PLATE LXXVII. 



and expanding at the fummit into a number of fhoots, in the form of 

 a creft : feveral other tufts are difperfed near the extremities of the 

 upper wings, but they are not confpicuous to the naked eye. 



I have (een an Infect which correfbonds in every refpeft with this 

 fpecimen, except that it had a line of a dull ochre colour along the 

 pofterior margins of the upper wings ; but I fufpedt it to be either a 

 variety, or perhaps only the difference of fex. 



Linn&us has not defcribed this infecf, neither can we difcover any 

 defcription of it in the writings of Fabricius j and I have no doubt of 

 its being a nondefcript fpecies. 



The fingular crefted tufts, with the white markings on the upper 

 wings, furnifh fuch an ample fpecific diftindtion, that we have named 

 it Crijlalana. -, 



Found early in the month of Auguft. 



Fig. I. reprefents the natural fize. Fig. II. its magnified appearance. 



F I G. III. and F I G. IV. 



PHALINA RADIATELLA. 

 Lepidoptera. 



Phaljena. 



Tinea. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Firfi: wings, buff, with fhades of orange ; ftriped or rayed with a 

 very dark purple from the bafe to the apex of each ; a white ftripe 

 near to, and parallel with the pofterior margin, and two fpots of the 

 fame colour near the center of each wing. Second win^s lead colour, 

 deeply fringed. 



This 



