PLATE

LXXVII.

FIG. I. and FIG. II .

phalæna cristalana.

Dark-button Moth.

Leridoptera.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Antennas taper from the base. Wings, in general contracted whenat re ^' Ply by night.

Tortrix.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

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upper wings yellow-brown, with dark shades; a broad irregular^hite mark, and a tuft or button, on the center of each. Head andorax white clouded. Lower wings pale brown.

This singular Moth is verv rarely met with; it has been taken inm e-wood , Surry , and in Kent. but even in those places it is very

uncommon.

It is distinguished by the unusual form os the white markings on theUpper wings, and particularly by the tuft or button which is situatedIn an upright position near the center of each; those tufts appear onlyslightly feathered on the upper parts to the naked eye, but when onethem is examined with a microscope, or even common magnifier,It presents the appearance of a bundle of fibres, inclosed within a thinmembrane; narrow at the base, encreasing in bulk near the middle,2 aIld