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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. coma and P. Actceon. 



LEPIDOPTERA. ANTHROCERID^:. 



ANTHKOCERA. 



Generic Distinctions. Antennae simple, slender, and of great 

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

 nating in a point, and thickly clothed with hair. 



ANTHROCERA FILIPENDUL^E (Plate X.), Six-spotted 

 Burnet 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 Moth. Very 



