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THE GRAY SCOLLOPED BAR MOTH. 
Phalena Flavillacearius. 
PLATE XXx,. 
Phalena Flavillacearius, Harris’s Aurelian, pl. xxxiii. fig. m. 
page 64,Mesia flavillacearius, Rennie’s Conspectus, page 
102. 
Tue wings of the male one inch and five- 
twelfths, to seven-twelfths ; the female one inch 
one-third, ‘to one-half. The whole insect is of a 
pale ashy-gray, with two interrupted sesquialterous 
bands or bars crossing the upper wings, having 
black spots in the centre, and one on each of the 
lower ones, with two black spots. All the wings 
are provided with a fringe. The antenne are 
filiform and tapering, and the tail broad and 
fringed. 
This moth was first described by Harris in his 
Aurelian. He received it from Mr Bolton of Hali- 
fax, in Yorkshire, and also in Hampshire. It is a 
scarce British moth, and appears in the winged 
state in June. 
