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BROAD-BORDERED YELLOW UNDERWING. 
THphosna Fimhria. 
PLATE XXII. Fig. 1. 
Phol, Noctua Fimbria, Linn.; Don.y\. PI. 208. — Noctua 
Solani, Fair. — Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Harris^ 
Aurel. PL v. fig. 2.— Triphajna Fimbria, Ocksen^ Siepk. 
The genus Triphsena (an ancient classical name 
applied to a female) is included in tbe great family 
of the Noctuida:, and is readily distinguished from 
all the groups to which onr attention has been 
hitherto directed, by having the proboscis long 
and spiral, like that of the diurnal lepidoptera. 
The palpi rise uprvards in front of the head and are 
somewhat compressed, the radical joint shorter than 
the two others, the second long, the third short 
and attenuated, ■with the tip obtuse. The antenmn 
are simple in both sexes, those of the male ciliated 
on the under side ; the thorax without a crest, but 
furnished with a large flap or tippet in front. All 
the species are of middle size, and rather gaily 
coloured, especially on the underwings, which are 
bright yellow with a black posterior margin. When 
they fly it is only for a short distance at a time, and 
chiefly in the afternoon and evening. In the earlier 
