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PLATE CXXIX. 



FIG. I, II, III. 



PHALINA HASTATA. 



Argent and Sable Moth. 



lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Antennas taper from the bafe. Wings in general contracted when 

 gt reft. Fly by night. 



**GEOMETRA£. 

 SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AN D 



SrNONTMS. 



White, beautifully marked and fpotted with black. 



Phal^ena Hastata : feticornis, alis omnibus nigris albo macu- 



latis, fafciis duabus albis nigro punclatis 



haftata dentatis. Linn, Syji. Nat. 2. 870. 



254. jFk Sv. 1276. 



Phalana antennis filiformibus ; alis latis albis fafciis undulatis ma- 



culifque haftatis nigris. Degeer. Inf. Verf. 



Germ. 2. I. 334. 7. tab. 8. fig. 20. 



Clerk. phal. tab. I. fig. 9. 



Kleman Inf. I. tab. 44. 



The Ardent and Sable Moth is fcarce in the Fly ftate : though its 

 youno- caterpillars are not uncommon in fome parts of Kent ; we 



have 



