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This infect alfo appears to be a nondefcript fpecies ; we have called 

 it Radiatella, or rayed, from the form of the dark ftripes which rife 

 from the bafe, and fpread in the form of rays to the apices of the up- 

 per wings. It is very liable to change after death, and particularly the 

 buff colour, which appears very bright when the infect is freih, but 

 is fometimes fo altered in appearance when placed in the cabinet, that 

 an intermixture of that colour can be fcarcely diftinguifhed between 

 the rays of purple ; we mention this circumftance, as very few fmall 

 lepidopterous infects are fubject to fuch alteration. 



It is found about the fame time as the Phalaena Criftalana, and I be- 

 lieve is equally fcarce. 



Fig. Ill, reprefents the natural fize. Fig. IV. its magnified ap-» 

 pearance. 



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