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pectinated 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. 



Bombyx curtula, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat (ed. x.) i. p. 503, no. 34 



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



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



p. 233,-pl. 21, fig. 5 (1822). 

 Bomlyx anachoreta, Esper, Schmett. iii. p. 260, Taf, 51, fig. 5 



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

 Pygcera curtida, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 232 



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

 Clostera curtula, 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, I*-* (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 

 more. 



inch or a little 



