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PLATE XX. 



FIG. I. 



PHAL^NA CHRISTIERNANA. 

 Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Tortrlx, 



Antennae taper from the bafe : wings in general deflected when at 

 reft. Fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Anterior wings yellowifli, reticulated with fanguineous veins. 



Phal^Ena Christiernana : alis primoribus flaviffimis: venis 

 fanguineis reticulatis. Fabr. Sp. Inf. 2. p. 281. ». 33. 



We are not at prefent acquainted with the transformation of this 

 very beautiful little infecT; ; in the Fly ftate it is known as an un- 

 common fpecies, and in Britain is extremely rare. 



Our fpecimen was taken at Faverfham. The fpecies is fometimes 

 met with in the woods of Darent in Kent in the month of June or 

 July. 



FIG. 



