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TAB. XXIX. 
PHALiENA N. iErifera. 
Yorkshire burnished Brass Moth. 
Class 7 . Insecta. Order 3. Lepidoptera. 
Spec. Char. Crested, anterior wings dark brown, 
with a large brassy spot near the apex. 
Syn. Noctua Bracteina. Prod. Lepidopt. Brit. 16. 
no. 103. 
This Insect has long been known to the English Aurelians 
by the name of the Yorkshire burnished Brass Moth, but 
does not appear to have been hitherto described, in conse- 
quence of its having been always mistaken for P. Bractea, 
figured in the preceding Plate, 
