ANTHROCERA. : S) 



found attached to blades of grass. We have six species in 

 Britain : one with the fore-wings streaked with red ; four with 

 five red spots on the fore-wings ; and one with six spots. 

 Varieties are sometimes met with or bred, in wliich the red 

 spots are replaced with yellow. In some of the European 

 species the red spots are surrounded with white or yellow 

 rinfrs. 



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THE IRISH BURNET. ANTHROCERA PURPURALIS. 



Sphi?tx purpuralis, Miiller, Zool. Dan. p. ii6, no. 1345 (1776). 

 Sphinx juinoSy Denis & Schiffermiiller, Syst. Verz. Schmett. 



Wien. p. 45, no. i (1776) ; Iliibner, Beitr. Gesch. Schmett. 



ii. (i) p. 20, taf. 3, fig. O (1790); id. Eur. Schmett. ii. 



% 8 (1797). 

 ZygcEJia pythia^ Fabricius, Gen. Ins. p. 275 (1777); Fuessly, 



Mag. Ent. i. p. 140, pi. i, fig. 6 (1778). 

 Sphinx piloseUiC^ Esper, Schmett. ii. p. 186, t. 24, figs. 2^, b 



(1781) ; ii. (2) p. 14, taf. 40, figs. 3-6, p. 32, taf. 44, fig. 



10(1789). 

 Zygcena minos^ Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. ii. p. 22 (1808) ; 



Kirby, Eur. Butterflies & Moths, p. 88, pi. 21, figs. 4, 4^, 



4^ (1879); Barrett, Lepid. of Brit. Isl. ii. p. 117, pi. 58, 



figs. 4, 4^, 4<^ (1894). 



Var. a. Anthroccra nubigena, 



Zygcena nubige?ia^ Ledcrcr, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, ii. 

 p. 93(1852); Birchall, Ent. M. Mag. iii. p. 2>2» P^- Ij fi&- 6> ^ 

 (1866); Kirby, Eur. Butterflies & Moths, p. 88 (1879). 



Anthrocera nubigena^ Buckler, Larvic of Brit. Lepid. ii. p. 9, 

 pi. 18, fig. 4(1887). 



This Moth is common in North and West Europe, as well 

 as in parts of Asia. It expands from i^^ to i^j inch. It is 

 greyish-blue or greyish-green, witii three longitudinal red streaks. 



