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PLATE .CCCCLII. 
EG. t. 
PHAL/ANA AUROSIGNATA. 
SCARCE PURPLE GOLDEN Y MOTH. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne taper from the bafe ; wings in general defleéted when at 
yeft: fly by night. -.* 
Notiua. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
PuaLgena avrosicnata. Anterior wings purplifh varied with 
fufcous: in the middle a vermicular golden charac- 
ter irregularly lobate at one extremity. 
This is an extremely fcarce, and we believe, undefcribed fpecies. 
this curious infect is nearly allied to the 
it is as large as the Common Y 
wings are tinged with purple, 
The habits of 
In its general appearance 
Noétua interrogationis of Fabricius; 
Moth (Noctua gamma ): the anterior 
and the flexuous mark in the middle of each golden. 
this fpecies are unknown. 
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