LE P IDO PTERA, 
PHAL^NA ALPHiEA. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Wings deflefted, ferruginous, with a white dot in the middle, and a ftreak of fufcous dots. 
Bombyx Alph^ea : alis deflexis ferrugineis: pundto medio albo flrigaque pundtata fufca, Fair. Ent. 
Syji. T. 3. p. 1. p. 445.— UNFIGURED. 
Defcribed by Fabricius from a fpecimen in the cabinet of Sir Jofeph Banks, Bart, but not figured by 
any author. 
PHAL^NA OBSOLETA. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Wings defledted, whitiflij coftal rib, and palpi ferruginous. 
Bombyx Obsoleta; alis deflexis albidis: cofta palpifque ferrugineis. Fair. Ent. Syjl. T.3. p. 1. 
p. 463 .— UNF/G URED. 
This, and likewife the following fpecies, are defcribed by Fabricius from fpecimens preferved in the 
Bankfian cabinet. 
PHALiENA LUTE A. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Wings defledled, very yellow, and obfcurely fpotted. 
PHAL.ENA Lutea : alis dcflcxis flavilTimis maculatis obfcurioribus. 
Phai.a:na Lutea: alis deflexis flaviflimis immaculatis. Fair. Ent. Syft. T. 3. p. I. p. 446. Spi 121. 
There is an evident trace of fpots and dots upon the wings of this infedt, notwithftanding that Fabricius 
fays to the contrary, although from the imperfedt ftatc of the fpecimen in the Bankfian cabinet thefe are 
by no means confpicuous. 
