12 THE GENERA OF BRITISH MOTHS, 
No. 7, Plate 3, is Sesia Bombyliformis, the Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-Moth. The wings are denuded of 
the coloured scales with which the wings of Moths are usually clothed, except at the external edge next the 
brown fringe, and they are therefore perfectly transparent, the nervures showing dark, like the tracery of a 
window. The body is marked with yellow, in a peculiar manner, which causes it to bear considerable 
resemblance to the Bee tribe of insects, with which, however, it has no other connection. It is from this 
circumstance, however, and the clear wings, that it has received the name of the Bee Hawk-Moth. The Cater- 
pillar is pale green, striped with yellow and a deeper green, and speckled with minute black spots. It feeds on 
Scabiosa succisa, and appears in autumn. 
The other species of this genus, Sesia Puciforiis, the Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-Moth, closely resembles 
the preceding, except in the breadth of the deep brown border, and some of the markings of the body. 
THE SECOND FAMILY.—(THE ANTHROCERIDA. ) 
(BY SOME AUTHORS THIS FAMILY IS PLACED BEFORE THE SPHINGID&.) 
Tus family is a very restricted one, in as far as the British kinds are concerned. Its relation to the 
preceding forms of the Sphingide only consists in the antenne thickened at the end, a character which, after the 
next family, entirely disappears. The nervures of the wings, however, are no longer disposed after the simple 
manner to be observed in the more conspicuous Sphingide and many other families of Moths, but exhibit a much 
more complicated arrangement. This family is also distinguished by its dark rich colouring, and by the small 
size of all the species. 
= The first English genus of this order is Procris, containing two British species. 
No. 8, Plate 3, is Procris Statices, the common Green Forester. The antenne of Statices are blunt, which 
distinguishes it from the other species. The Caterpillar, which resembles in form that of the next genus, appears 
in spring, and the perfect insect about the middle of June. 
The second species of Procris is P. globularia, the pointed antenne: of which form a good specific distinction. 
The next genus is Anthrocera, containing several British species. 
No. 9, Plate 3, Anthrocera Filipendule, the Six-spot Burnet-Moth, is one of the most richly tinted of our 
native insects, the body and wings being of a rich glossy black, with a metallic flush of bright green, in some 
lights ; the spots and hind wings being deep crimson. The Caterpillar (No, 10) feeds in preference on Spiraea 
Filipendule in the spring, the perfect insect appearing in June. 
There are five other species of Burnet-Moth. 
1. Anthrocera Lonicere, the Large Five-spot Burnet-Moth, distinguished principally by the broader black 
margin of the hind wings, and having only three red spots instead of four in the exterior portion of the fore wings. 
The Caterpillar is also said to be greener than in the previous species. 
2. Anthrocera Trifolii, the Small Five-spot Burnet, closely resembles the former, but has the spots less 
defined, and sometimes two running into one. 
3. Anthrocera Meliloti (the new Small Five-spot). This appears a more distinct species. It has five 
spots, like the two preceding, but the wings are semi-transparent, The Caterpillar is described as green, but with 
the usual black marks, and with a white line down the back. It is, however, by many deemed only a variety. 
4. Anthrocera Hippocrepidis. This species differs in having rather a blue than a green gloss on the black 
portions, except in the margins of the hind wings, which are greenish, 
The last two species were adopted as distinct and English, by Mr. Westwood, after examining several 
specimens taken by our eminent entomologist, the late Mr, F. Stephens, but both are now considered accidental 
varieties, 
5. Anthrocera Minos, the streaked Burnet, is a species only recently discovered, in the west of Ireland. It 
differs from the spotted species in having the red marks on the anterior wings blended into three long angular 
marks, the point of the one nearest the margin descending between the two other marks in the form of a wedge. 
It is said to appear earlier than the spotted species. It is certainly a very distinct species. 
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