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though a copy of that book came over with the Linnaean collection, 

 into the hands of Dr. Smith ; nor can we trace any defcription of 

 this moth in the writings of Fabricius ; he alfo has not quoted the 

 figure : We may hence conclude that although the infect is frequent 

 in the months of June and July, it is little known, except with thofe 

 who poffefs collections ; and even many of that defcription are perhaps 

 unacquainted with the circumftance of its having been named by 

 Clerk, and probably by no other author. 



Taken at Highgate, 



F I G. II. 



PHAL^NA MARGINELLA. 



Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



P H A L M N A, 



Tinea, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Firft wings bright, pale brown, with a broad white margin. Second 

 wings white. 



Ow prefent ipecies was unknown to Linn*us ; but according to 

 his denmt,on of genera, is one of the tine*; it wijl be ncccffliy, 

 however, to diftinguifh it from the tinea margined of Fabricius, 

 Which is a native of Germany, and altogether different; that writer, 

 rt is well known, divided many of the genera of Linnaeus, and from 

 their materials confuted an infinitely greater number; it was by 

 fueh diviiions he ieprated the tinea, into the genera, tinea and alu- 



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