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PLATE CCCCLXL 

 FIG. I. 

 PHAL^ENA MEDI0PUNCTAR1A, 



MIDDLE-DOT MOTH. 

 LEPIDOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennse taper from the bafe : wings deflected when at reft. J^ly 

 by night. 



Geometry. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Phal-ZENA.Mediopunctarta. Wings pale; anterior pair with 

 two tranfverfe waved lines and central dot of fufcous : 

 . polierior pair with a fingle waved fuicous line. 



A pair of this lingular and decidedly marked Phalaena occurs in the 

 collection of Mr. Drury, and theie are the only examples of the fpe- 

 cies we have feen in any cabinet. It appears to be entirely of a new 

 Icind, 



I 2 FIG. 



