86 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



never actually hyaline. The fore-wings are spotted or streaked 

 with red or yellow, and the hind-wings are of the same colour as 

 the spots, with dark borders. Antennae stout, much thickened 

 before the tips, and slightly hooked ; proboscis well-developed. 

 Body moderately stout; abdomen obtuse at the extremity. 

 Flight heavy, diurnal. 



The Burnet Moths are very abundant both in species and 

 individuals in the Mediterranean Region, but hardly extend 

 beyond the Palaearctic Region. One or two species touch the 

 north-western frontiers of India, and a few species are South 

 African, but the latter appear not to be gregarious like the 

 European kinds, but are met with singly, and are generally 

 rare in collections. 



GENUS ANTHROCERA. 



Zygizna (part), Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 550 (1775); id. in 



Illiger, Mag. vi. p. 289 (1807) ; Cuvier, Tabl. Elem. d'Hist. 



Nat. p. 593 (1799); Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. ii. p. 



20 (1808). 

 Anthrocera, Scopoli, Introd. Hist. Nat. p. 454 (1777); 



Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. i. p. 106 (1828). 

 Adscita (part), Retzius, Gen. Spec. Ins. pp. 8, 35 (1783). 



This genus includes all the European species of the Sub- 

 family, and the species belonging to it are known to every 

 entomologist as Burnet Moths. They are found in meadows 

 and open places in woods, flying slowly, with a booming 

 flight like a bumble-bee, from flower to flower, or resting on 

 the heads of thistles, scabious, and similar plants, several 

 often on the same flower. They are gregarious, and generally 

 abundant where found; but many species are very local. 

 They feed on vetch, trefoil, and other low plants, and their 

 long spindle-shaped cocoons of tough yellow silk may often be 



