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FIG. I. 
PHALENA MAURA. 
Oxtp Lavy Moru. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne taper from the bafe: wings in general deflected when at 
eft. Fly by night. 
SPECIFIC. CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Thorax crefted: wings incumbent, exterior margins dentated, 
afh-colour, varied with black: margin beneath white. 
Noctua Maura criftata, alis incumbentibus dentatis, cinereo 
nigroque variis, fubtus margine albo. Lad. Sy/t. 
Pe 604. 61.—Spec. Inf. 2. 224, 81.—LEnt. Syft. 3 
p- 2. 63. 174. 
Phalena maura {pirilinguis criflata, alis depreffis dentatis ee 
duabus nigtis, inferioribus nigris, fafcia alba. Linn. 
Syft. Nat. 2-843. 124. 
Phalana Lemur Naturf. 6. tab. 5. fig. 1 
Scheff. Icon. tab. 1. fig. 5. 6. 
This grave Moth appears in the month of Auguft: it frequents 
old houfes in evenings. —From its dingy appearance it is ufually 
Old Lady. 
gale the ady F2 FIG, 
