34 PLAT 8° CExLv. 
without noticing any figure of it alfo, until the Entomologia Sy flema- 
tica appeared, when a reference is given to /a. 5. Phal. 3. Vol. 1. of 
Roefel’s Infe@ts. This is however erroneous, for Linnzus includes 
that reference among the Synonyms of his Phalena Gamma, and 
Gmelin, his lateft editor, continues the fame amongft the Synonyms of 
Gamma likewife. Klemann, who revifed the lait edition of Roefel’s. 
work, is decidedly of opinion, that the figure is that of Gamma, 
and affigns the Linnean fpecific name to it accordingly. Whatever 
reafon influenced the opinion of Fabricius, that the figure in queftion 
was the true Phalena Iota of Linnzus, when that author himfelf 
fays otherwife, is not mentioned by Fabricius, and is by no means 
clear to us: but one circumftance cannot efcape obfervation: Fa- 
bricius has in no inftance referred to the figure in Roefel’s plate be. 
fore the publication of his laft work, though all the other Synonyms 
of Phalena Gamma are the fame in every edition of the Fabrician 
fyftems as in thofe of his predeceffor, Linnzus. 
This Infe& is very beautiful, and far more uncommon than the 
following fpecies. It is found on the common, and white dead 
nettles, or archangel. The larva has twelve feet ; is without hairs, 
green; and {potted with white. The Moth appears in June. 
Bol Go Ak 
PHALZNA GAMMA. 
ComMooM y Morn. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Thorax crefted: anterior wings dentated, witha golden y in the 
centre. 
' PHALANA 
