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LINNjEUS’ glyphipteryx. 
Oli/pltipteryx Linnedla. 
PLATE XXX. Fig. 2. 
Phal. Linea Linneella, Linn .®copliera Linneella, Latr . — 
Glj-phiptcryx Linneella, Hitbner, Curtis, iv. PI. 1S2. 
Palpi longer than the head, somewhat curved, the 
radical joint short, second long, the third nearly oi 
equal length to the second, hut more slender ; pro- 
boscis short ; antennae as long as the wings ; thorax 
without a crest ; the ivings nearly lanceolate, with 
very long fiinges, the anterior pair adorned with 
elevated tufts of metallic scales ; are the principal 
distinctive maiks of Glyphipteryx. It includes about 
ten British species, of which the beautiful example 
figured may be regarded as the type. It sometimes 
'expands nearly half an inch, the anterior wings 
tavrny-orange, wuth three roxmd silvery spots on the 
disk of each, rising considerably above the surface, 
and placed in the form of a triangle ; the base and 
apex of the wing are black with a meteUic gloss, 
and there is likeivise a metallic line anteriorly and 
a small spot at the base. The fringes and hinder 
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