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TAB. LY. 
PHALiENA N. X scriptum. 
Class 6. Insecta. Order 3. Lepidoptera. 
Spec. Char. Crested. Wings fuscous, variegated 
with white and black, in the middle a large white 
spot marked with a letter X. Lower wings fus- 
cous. 
T his rare Moth is in the possession of my friend Thomas 
Marsham, Esq., Tr. L. S. 
The letter X is a sufficient mark at present to distinguish 
it from its allies, although it is tolerably distinct in other 
respects. We wish we knew the use of this numerous 
tribe of insects, as it is remarkable that only the Silk 
Worm and the Arindey Worm, figured in vol. 7- of Linn. 
Trans., have been made subservient to the arts. There 
can be no doubt that every one has its use, although we 
must wait patiently to find it out, and in the mean time 
we can only learn to distinguish their kinds. 
Some of the smaller Tuntcece are very fond of cloth, 
feathers, &c., and are always ready to take advantage of 
our inattention or negligence of those things. 
