LEP I DO PTE RA. 
PHALjENA ALPH.EA. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Wings defle&ed, ferruginous, with a white dot in the middle, and a ftreak of fufcous dots. 
Bombyx Alphjea : alis deflexis ferrugineis: punfto medio albo ftrigaque punctata fufca. Fab. 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^ENA OBSOLETA. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Wings defle£ted, whitilhj coital rib, and palpi ferruginous. 
Bombyx Obsoleta: alis deflexis albidis: cofta palpifque ferrugineis. Fair. Ent. Syjl. T. 3. p. 1. 
p. 463 .— UNFIG URED. 
This, and likewife the following fpecies, are defcribed by Fabricius from fpecimens preferved in the 
Bankfian cabinet. 
PHAL ANA LUTE A. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Wings deflected, very yellow, and obfcurely fpotted. 
Phaljena Lutea: alis deflexis flaviflimis maculatis obfcurioribus. 
Phaljena Lutea: alis deflexis flaviflimis immaculatis. Fair. Ent. Syft. T. 3. p. 1. />. 446. Sp. 12b 
There is an evident trace of fpots and dots upon the wings of this infe6t, notwithftanding that Fabricius 
fays to the contrary, although from the imperfect ftate of the fpecimen in the Bankfian cabinet thefe sit 
n Y no means confpicuous. 
