PLATE CCCLV. 7g 



FIG. III. 



PHAL^NA CYNOSBANA. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 

 Anterior wings dark brown, white at the tips. 



Phal^ENA CynosBana: alis anticis fufcis apicealbis. Fab, 



PYRALIS CYNOSBANA. Fab: Ent. Syjl. 3. b. 283; 167. 



Tinea Cynofbatella. Linn. Syjl. Nat. 887. 368.— Fn. Sv. 1397* 



Linnaeus, and after him Fabricius, refers to the works of De 

 Geer and Merian for figures of this Infecl, neither Of which are in 

 our opinion fufficient authorities ; that of De Geer is in particular 

 tniferable, and fo far from leading to afcertain the fpecies, may 

 miflead us as to the identity of its genera. Sdme years fince, this 

 InfecT; was deemed a nondefefipt by Engliih collectors, arid named 

 in compliment to a much refpecled Aurelian Beckwithiana ; but 

 agreeing as it does in allrefpeits with theLinncean Cymjbana^ we mult 

 unavoidably reject that name, though generally adopted, and affign it 

 that by which Linna2us had previoufly diftinguimed it. 



It is very common, and according to Linnaeus breeds in the 

 buds of rofes. 



H 2 FIG. 



