54 PLATE CCCCLXXIX. 



FIG. II. 

 PHALiENA RUPTATA. 



BROKEN BAR, oe HORNSEY CARPET MOTH. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Phaljena RUPTATA. Anterior wings fubfeftaceous : bafe, inter- 

 rupted broad band in the middle, and fpot at the 

 tip fufcous, jagged, and margined with white: 

 pofterior wings pale, with central dot. 



Geometra ruptata. H'tlh. Schmet. Geom. 57- 295. — Scpp. 

 p. 11. pi. 14? 



An elegant and by no means abundant fpeeies, found in the woods 

 during the month of June. This infect appears to be rather local, 

 and from being ufually taken by collectors in the woods of Homfey, 

 has long iince obtained among them the trivial appellation of the 

 Hornfey Carpet Moth, 



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