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P H A L Æ N A D E L I A .
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Antemiæ gradually tapering from th e b aft to the lip. T o n g u e fpiral. Wings in general deflefted when
a t reft. F ly by n ig h t.
S P E C I F IC CHARACTER.
Smooth, wings convoluted and yellow, w ith two cyaneous bands on tlie anterior ones.
N o c t u a D e l i a : lævis alis convolutis flavis : antici.s fafciis duabus cyaneis.
Fah. E n t. S y/l. T . 3. p . 2 . p . 25. Sp. 5 J .— U N F IG U R ED .
Fabricius defcribes this elegant infeft from the Bankfian cabinet; the fpecimen was found in
Tongatahoo, or Amfterdam iiland.
P H A L Æ N A A U S T R A L A S I Æ .
S P E C I F IC CHARACTER.
W ings above and beneatli alike black, variegated with w h ite ; ftripe in th e m iddle o f the anterior wings,
and body orange.
N o c t u a A u s t r a l a s i æ : alis concoloribus nigris albo-variegatis : macula magna a lb a ; andc is ftriga
medio corporeque aurantiis.
Ou r Phalæna Auftralafîæ is certainly not defcribed by any author. This is from N ew Holland, and is
apparently uncommon.
P H A L Æ N A F E S T I V A .
S P E C I F IC CHARACT ER.
Anterior wings yellowiili, with fomewhat triangular fpots, and a waved ftreak| behind of brown, with
ferrugiiions variegations: pofterior wings whitifli.
N ootu* FasTiva: alis flavefcentibus maculis fnb-trlangnlaribus fafciaque nudata poftice fufcis ferrugi.
neifque variegatis, pollicis albidis.
T h e drawing o f tins charmi,ig in feft ,e k e „ from a fpecimen in the colleftion o f A. M'Leay. Efq
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