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the under side of the primary wings paler than the surface, 

 shading into grey at the tip, and brown at the base ; the 

 secondary wings are ash-grey, with a fulvous patch; the 

 male has in addition a black oblique line on the disc of 

 each anterior wing. The caterpillar is deep green, with a 

 dark line on the back ; it feeds on some species of grass. 

 The perfect insect is of frequent occurrence ; there are two 

 other species found occasionally, P. comma and P. Action. 



LEPIDOPTEBA. ANTHKOCERID.E. 

 ANTHEOCEEA. 



Generic Distinctions. Antenna simple, slender, and of great 

 length, thickening into a curved club ; palpi rather long, termi- 

 nating in a point, and thickly clothed with hair. 



ANTHEOCERA EILIPENDUL^ (Plate X.), Six-spotted Bwrnet 

 Moth, measures about an inch and a half; the upper wings 

 are greenish-black, with six red spots on each ; the under 

 pair carmine-red on both sides; the hinder margin with a 

 black border. The caterpillar is yellow, with three rows of 

 black spots on the head and others on the sides ; it feeds 

 on grass and other common plants. 



ANTHROCERA LOTI. Five-spotted Burnet Motk. Very 



