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PLATE CVI. 



FIG. I. 

 FIG. V? 



PHAL^NA EMARGANA, 

 Notch Wing, 

 lepidoptera. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae taper from the bafe. Wings in general contra&ed 

 when at reft. Fly by night. 



Tortrix, Linnaus. 

 Pyralis, Fahricius. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 



Firft wings brown, with reticulated dark lines ; the anterior margin 

 deeply excavated in the form of a curve. Pofterior wings light 

 brown. 



P. Emargana. Alis fubcaudatis flavis fufco reticulatis fafciaque 

 lata fufca, margine craffiori late emargi- 

 nato. Syji, Ent. Fab. 651. 37, 



The excavations of the fuperior wings of this Infect contribute fuch 

 an air of novelty to its general appearance, that it might rather be 

 confidered as the effect of chance or defign, on a fingle Infect, if 

 we did not obferve that chara£r.er prevail through Qvery fpegimen ; we 

 find two kinds of them in feveral cabinets in London, and we are in 

 poffeffion of a third that differs from either, 



