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PLATE CCIL 



FIG. IJL. 



PHAL^NA DITARIA. 

 Maid of Honor Moth*. 



Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennas taper from the bafe : wings in general deflecled when at 

 reft. Fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 

 Antennas feathered : wings green, with brown marginal fpots. 



PhaLjENaDitaria: pe&inicornis alis viridibus : maculis margina, 



libus ferrugineis. Fab.Ent. Syjl. S.p, 2. 152. 82. 

 Phalaena bajularia : Wien. Verz, 97. 6. 



This appears to be a local fpecies. It has been found for many 

 years paft in the month of June, near the Oak of Honor, by Peckham. 

 We have never heard that it has been taken in any other place in 

 England. 



* Bam?* Gated, 31. 21S. 



Fabricius 



