28o Lloyd's natural history. 



The fore -wings are reddish-grey, with three white transverse 

 h'nes, the outer of which bounds a large reddish-brown spot, 

 which becomes faint towards the apex, and crossed by a 

 blackish line. The hind-wings are light brownish-grey, dar-kei 

 towards the hind-margin. The thorax is coloured like the 

 fore-wings. A longitudinal mark on the thorax and the ex- 

 tremity of the abdomen are rusty-brown. 



The larva is thinly covered with hair, brownish-grey, yel- 

 lowish-green, or flesh-coloured. On the fifth segment is a large 

 velvety-black warty elevation, and on the last segment a similar 

 one, but smaller. The first variety mentioned has a reddish 

 dorsal line and red dots on the sides ; the yellowish-green 

 variety is dusted with blackish points on the sides, and has 

 four rows of pale yellow warts ; whilst the flesh-coloured 

 specimens have a fine blackish dorsal line and deep yellow 

 warts. 



It feeds on aspen {Fopulus tremula)^ and other species of 

 poplar. 



The larva is dark brown, with a rounded extremity. 



THE SMALL CTIOCOLATE-TIP. MELALOPHA PIGRA. 



riiihcjia anastofuosiSj Scopoli {nee Linn.), Ent. Cam. p. 201, 



no. 502 (1763); Donovan, Brit. Ins. iv. pp. 43, 56, pis. 



124, 129 (1795)- 

 Phalcciia pigra^ Hufnagel, Berl. Mag. ii. (4) p. 426, no. 46 



(1766). 

 Bomb}X redusa, Esper, Schmett. iii. p. 260, Taf. 51, figs. 6, 7 



(1785); Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 120, no. 113 (1787); 



HiAbner, Eur. Schmett. iii. fig. 90 (1800); Godart, Le'pid. 



France, iv. p. 230, pi. 21, fig. 4 (1822). 

 PygcEra reclusa^ Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 228 



(1810). 



