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BUFF-TIP MOTH. 



PLATE XV. Fig. 3. 



Phal. Bom. Bucephala, Linn. ; Donovan* i. Pi. 3 (?. Phalaena 

 Limula, De Geer. Buff-tip Moth, WUkes, PI. 43 ; Ham? 

 Aurel. PI. 39. 



IN PYG^RA the antennae are rather long, appearing 

 bipectinated in the male, as each joint emits a 

 double tuft of ciliae on each side ; the apex, how- 

 ever, is simple, as is the case with the whole an- 

 tenna in the female. The palpi are short, consisting 

 of only two joints ; and the thorax has a crest or 

 strong ridge of hairs on the back. The hinder 

 margin of the anterior wings is dentate. The only 

 British example is named the Buff-tip Moth, on 

 account of a large patch of that colour on the apex 

 of the anterior wings. The latter expand about 

 two inches and a half, and when the insect is at 

 rest they are almost folded round the body. They 

 are of a light brown colour, thickly powdered, 

 especially towards the base, with silvery scales, and 

 each of them having a large rounded yellow spot on 

 the tip, slightly clouded with ochre-yellow exter- 



