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PLATE CXLIV. 



PHALiENA VIRIDANA, 



Small Green Oak Moth. 

 Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae taper from the bafe. Wings, in general defiexed when 

 at reft. Fly by night. 



** Tortrix. Linn. 

 SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



.S TNO NT MS. 



Firft Wings pea green. Second Wings dufky. 



Phahena viridana. Pyralis. Alis rhombeis, anticisviridibus imma- 

 culatis. — Fahricius. Syji. Ent. 656. 4 — Linn. 

 Syji. Nat. 2. 875. 266. 



Phalana feticornis fpirilinguis, humeris latis, antennis flavefcentibus, 

 alis dilute fufcis.— Geo/. Inf. 2. 171. 123. 

 Reaum. Inf. 2. tab. 18. fig. 6. 7. 

 Roef. Inf. 1. phal.4- tab. I. 

 Frifch. Inf. 3. tab. 8. 



Early in July we find this fpecies flying about the narrow paths 

 and lanl in Uds where Oaks are plenty It is ob erve^ J o fljeUer 

 itfelf in the day time, generally among fuch trees as have the fohag 



