124 THE GREEN FORESTER. 



in England, although it seems to be somewhat local. 

 Neighbourhood of London, Coombe and Darenth 

 woods : " Neighbourhood of Durham, plentiful in 

 some places," Mr. Andrews. Near Newcastle, 

 York, &c. It probably does not extend much 

 further northwards than the places last mentioned. 



SIX-SPOTTED BURNET-MOTH. 



Anthrocera Filipendulce. 



PLATE II. Fig. 4. 



Sphinx Filipendulse, Linn. ; Don. i. PI. 6 Zygaena Filipen- 



dulae, Fdbr. ; Haworth Burnet Moth, Wilkes ; Harris* 



Aurd. PI. 1. Anthrocera Filipendulae, Scopoli ; Stepk. 



IN the present genus the antennas are simple in the 

 two sexes, of great length, slender at the base, and 

 thickening at the top into a spindle-shaped club 

 which is considerably curved. The palpi are longer 

 than in Ino, projecting a little from the head, and 

 terminating in a point, the joints thickly clothed 

 with hair. The species are pretty numerous, even 

 although it be admitted as probable that several 

 kinds regarded as distinct are mere varieties. All 

 of them are remarkable for the brilliancy of their 

 colours, chiefly consisting of bluish black and bright 

 red, the latter generally occupying nearly the whole 

 of the inferior wings and forming spots on the 



