MELALOPHA. 3-7^ 



peclinated to the tips, especially in the males ; and the thorax 

 strongly crested. The wings are short and broad, the body 

 rather long, stout and tufted ; and the hind tibiae are armed 

 with two small apical spurs. The larva is slightly pilose, with 

 a tubercle on the fourth and terminal segments. There are 

 several species in Europe, and two of the three British species 

 are fairly common. 



THE CHOCOLATE TIP. MELALOPHA CURTULA. 



Bomhyx curhila^ Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 503, no. 34 



(1758); id. Faun. Suec. p. 299 (1761); Hiibner, Eur. 



Schmett. iii. fig. 89 (1800); Godart, Lepid. France, iv. 



p. 233, pi. 21, fig. 5 (1822). 

 Bomhyx atiachoreia^ Esper, Schmett. iii. p. 260, Taf. 51, fig. 5 



(1785); id. Forts, p. 44, Taf. 86, figs. 6-8 (1789). 

 Pygccra curtida^ Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 232 



(1810) ; Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 135 (1880). 

 Closiera curtida^ Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 12 



(1828) ; Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. iii. pi. 37, fig, 3 



(1889); Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl. iii. p. 166, pi. 114, figs. 



I, 1^2-^(1895). 

 Melalopha curtula, Kirby, Cat. Lepid. Heter. i. p. 609 (189?). 



The Chocolate-Tip has a range extending through Europe 



The Chocolate-Tip, 



and Western Asia. It expands about 1% inch or a little 

 more. 



