PLATE LXV. oy 
whether itis not the Pha. I, Seppella* of Fabricius} the defcriptions 
nearly correfpond, but we are unwilling, without other proof, to give 
it that — name, 
Until very lately it was ouohaeatel as an exceedingly rare infect, 
but feveral fpecimens were taken at Highgate laft fummer. 
FIG. IV. 
PHALANA CURTISELLA. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
TINEA. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
. Superior wings, and thorax white, fpeckled, and sate bes brown 
_ Inferior wings: and body pale brown. 
¥ ee 
ll mn 
This infeé&t is very uncommon, and though it has never been 
‘either, figured or defcribed before, it has been arranged in thofe cabi- 
nets which poffeffed the fpecimen, under the {pecific name Curtifella, 
after Mr. Curris, author of the Flora Londinenfis, 8:c. 
The name was originally inferted by Mr. Marsan, in his ma- 
nufcripts, and was intended as a compliment to the abilities of that 
_ feientific gentleman; it has not hitherto appeared in public, but we 
can feel no reluctance to adopt the fame name, 
Sc dacsiaigeabain onduiacoiaan aeons 
* Alis auratis, ftrigis duabus argénteis. Gen Inf. Mant. 2960 
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