ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



ANTHROCERA FILIPENDUL^. Stephens, 

 Sphinx Filipendulae. LinnL 

 Zygaena Filipendulae. Fabr. 

 The Six-spotted Burnet Moth. 



Superior wings, blue and blue-green, to a golden- 

 green, with six crimson-red spots, the lower of the 

 same red with a blue border, the under resembles 

 the upper surface, except that the six spots are less 

 denned : antennae the length of the body and gradu- 

 ally thickened, the club curved, the whole lengh co- 

 vered with steel-blue minute scales. 



Inhabits chalk-pits in various parts of Kent, and 

 appears early in the month of June. 



Expansion of the wings from 1 to 1$ inch. 



The insects of this genus are remarkably sluggish 

 in their flight, and in the evening set in numbers 

 together on grass, when they are easily captured, as 

 they do not offer to fly away. Mr. Stephens has enu- 

 merated several species of the Anthrocera, in which 

 he may be correct : but in a group of insects that are 

 subject to vary in themselves, it require.-; a very inti- 

 mate knowledge of the larvae, and their economy, to 

 decide on the species. 



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