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this character serves to distinguish the Moth, which is other- 

 wise very variable. 



The larva is green, with a golden-yellow spiracular line, 

 which is sometimes spotted with red. It feeds on oak (Qiiercus 

 robur). 



The cocoon is formed of tough silk, covered with fine 

 earth, and the pupa is mahogany-brown, and glossy. 



GENUS PHALERA. 



Pygcera (pt), Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 214 (1810); 



Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. n (1828). 

 Phalera, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 147 (1822 ?) ; Walker, 



List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. v. p. 1049 (1855). 

 Acrosema, Meigen, Eur. Schmett. iii. p. 24 (1832). 

 Hammatophora, Westwood, British Moths, i. p. 63 (1851). 



In this genus the antennae of the male are slightly pectinated. 

 The Moths have a stout tufted abdomen, extending beyond the 

 hind-wings, and long and rather broad fore-wings, with the. hind 

 margin denticulated, but no tooth on the inner margin ; the 

 hind-wings are broad and rounded, and the legs are stout and 

 pilose, and the hind tibiae are armed with four long spurs. The 

 genus is well represented in Asia, and there are two very simi- 

 lar European species, one of which is common in England. 



THE BUFF-TIP. PHALERA BUCEPHALA. 



(Plate XCIV. Fig. 3.) 

 Nociua bucephala, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.), i. p. 508, no. 61 



(1785). 



Bombyxbucephala, Linnaeus, Faun. Suec. p. 295 (1761) ; Esper, 

 Schmett. iii. p. in, Taf. 22, figs. 1-4(1785); Hiibner, 

 Eur. Schmett. iii. figs. 194, 195 (1804?); Godart, Le'pid. 

 France, iv. p. 206, pi. 22. fig. i (1822). 



