530; 

 PYG.ERA BUCEPHALA. 



The Butf-tip Moth. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Bombycitlae. 



Type of the Genus, Ph. Bombyx ? bucephala Linn. 

 Pyg.era Och., Germ., Sam., Curt. — Laria Schr. — Melalophai//<5. — 

 Bombyx Linn., Fab., Haw. 



Antennce somewhat approximating, being inserted on the crown 



of the head, rather short, setaceous, and composed of numerous 



joints, the basal one concealed by a long bundle of scales, the 



others producing an obtuse tooth beneath in the male, as well 



as a double fringe of curved hairs, (1, a the underside, b side 



view) ; simple and velvety only beneath in the female. 



Maxillce very short, composed of 2 curved flat attenuated lobes, 



slightly ciliated internally (3) : Palpi minute globose, slightly 



peduncled, with 2 or 3 bristles at the apex («). 



Labial palpi short, densely clothed with scales (4), very horny, 



curved and 3-jointed, basal joint subclavate and a little longer 



than the 2nd, 3rd minute ovate (4 a). 



The sexes scarcely varying in size. Head small, and nearly concealed, 



the face being flattened (7) .• eyes nearly orbicular and sunk under 



the Thorax, which is short, the scales forming dense tufts on the 



crown. Abdomen long, linear and cyUndric, a little depressed and 



slightly bifid at the apex in the males. Wings cylindric in repose, 



being wound round the body ; superior slightly denticulated and 



rounded at the apex; inferior much smaller and rounded. Legs 



short and very doiony, anterior porrected in repose : thighs clothed 



beneath with woolly hairs : tibite similarly clothed outside, anterior 



with a large leathery, somewhat inflated lobe inside (8), the others 



ivith a pair of short spurs at the apex, the hinder tibia having a 



similar pair also below the middle, all armed ivith a claw at the 



apex (t) .- tarsi rather stout and 5-jointed, furnished ivith minute 



claws. 



Larvae nearly cylindric and hairy, with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal, and 



2 anal feet. 

 Pupae buried in the earth, having 2 little spines at the apex. 



Bucephala Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 795. 1. 



Pale ochreous ; head and thorax deeper, the latter surrounded 

 by 2 curved bright brown lines reaching nearly to the scutellum, 

 the portion behind them gray: abdomen dark and dull ochreous, 

 the segments on the sides spotted with brown : superior -wings 

 silvery gray, the costal portion with a purplish brown tint, a 

 black and reddish waved striga before, and another denticulated 

 beyond the middle, frequently with a pale ovate spot on the 

 disc and 3 indistinct strigse across the middle ; a large buff ovate 

 spot at the apex, variegated with 3 or more darker arches ; 

 cilia rich ferruginous, with black crescents at the base and 

 spotted with buff at the apex : inferior wings dusky next the 

 abdomen and on the disc, with a pale indistinct waved stripe ; 

 cilia dotted with brown at the tips. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



