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PHALANA JOTA. 
GoLpEN 7 Morn. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne taper from the bafe : wings in genetal defleéted when at 
reft. Fly by night. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Thorax crefted: anterior wings ferruginous grey, with an inverted 
golden ¢ in the centre. 
PHALENA Tora: criftata alis deflexis, anticis ferrugineo grifeis I 
refupinato aureo infcriptis. Fad. Sy/t. Ent. 608.76. 
—Sp. Inf. T. 2. p. 228. 98.—Ent, Syt. T. 3. p. $1. 
pe 2o7. 
PHALaNA IoTA: alis primoribus ferrugineo-grifeis, I refupinato 
aureoinfcriptis. Gmel. Sylt. Nat.— Ent. p. 2557. 180. 
Reef. Inf. 1. phal. 3. tab, 5. 
Linneus very accurately defcribed this Infe&t under the fpecific 
name Jofa in the early edition of the Syftema Nature. It is given 
a a native of Germany, and without a reference to any figure. 
Fabricius has followed the fanie defcription throughout all his works, 
ca) 0 without 
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