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FIG. VII. 



PHAL^NA SQUAMANA. 



Green tufted, or Button Moth. 



Lepidoptera. 



Phalana. 



Tortrix Lin. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 

 er wings green, tufted all over. Inferior wings pale brown. 



Phal.PyralisSquamana: alis virefcentibus fcabris. Fab. Syfi. 

 Ent. 65 1 . 36. Spec. Inf. g. £84. 50. 



This is exceedingly rare. The upper wings are very curious, 

 being entirely covered with tufts of feathers, of various fizes, fome 

 browniih, others inclining to white, but raoft of them are green, 

 which is the ground colour of the wings. Of its Larva we are en- 

 tirely ignorant ; nor can we derive any afliftance in that refpecl from 

 entomological writers, as Fabricius only has defcribed the Moth. 

 He fays it is a native of England, and preferved in the cabinet of 

 Mr. Monjon. 



Taken in June. 



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