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BUFF-TIP MOTH. 
Pygeera Bucephala. 
PLATE XV. Fig. 3. 
Flial. Bom. Buecpliala, £inn , ; Donovan, i. PI. 3 $. — Pliateiia 
Ltmula, De Geer. — Buff-tip Moth, Wilkes, PI. 43 ; Harm' 
Aurel. PI. 39. 
In Pyg.®ra the antennae are rather long, appearing 
bipectinated in the male,' as each joint emits a 
double tuft of cilise 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 liinder 
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 bro4vn colour, thickly powdered, 
especially towards the base, ■with sUvery scales, and 
each of them having a large rounded yellow spot on 
the tip, slightly clouded ■with ochre-yellow exter- 
