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ANTHROCERA, Scopoli. ZYG^ENA, Faiskicius. 



This genus difiFers from the preceding by its more robust body, and long thick and curved antennas, which are 

 clavate, with the inner edge serrated, the joints being sliort and entire ; tlie hind tibias are furnished with two 

 pairs of spurs. The hirva is short, thick, and soft, and clothed with sliort hairs, with the head small ; it forms a 

 boat-like cocoon, of close texture, on the stems of plants. The species are very numerous on the Continent, 

 although but few have as yet been detected in this country. They are brilliantly coloured, the fore wings being 

 marked with white or red sjiots, on a dark green or blue ground, and the hind wings often scarlet. They fly 

 during the day, but are very sluggish in their motions ; they are gregarious, and sometimes appear in great 

 numbers. 



SPECIES I— .4\TFIR0CEU.\ FILIPENDUL^. THE SIX-SPOT BURNET-MOTH. 



Pbtc vi. fie. 11—14. 



SvTiONVMFs. — Sphinx FilipendultE, Linniciis', Donovan, vol. 1, 

 pi. 6; \\'ilkcs, p. 191, fig. super. ; Hariis, .-VureliaD, |)1. I, fig. c — Ii. 



ZygcEiia FilipendultB, F.ibricius ; Haworlli ; Boisduval ; Curtis, 

 Brit. Ent. pi. 547. 



AntliTOcera FUipeudula, Stupliciis; Wood, lud, Eut. pi. 4, 

 fig. 5; DuncAii, liiit. Moths, pi. 2, fig. 4. 



Tbermnphila FilipcniluliB, HUbner (Verz. bek. Sclmiett.) 



This handsome and abundant species varies from 1 to H inches in tlie expansion of its fore wings, which are of 

 a greenish-black colour, the upper pair being of a satiny te.xture, with si.N: spots of deep crimson arranged in pairs ; 

 two close to the base, two near the middle, and two near the tip, placed obliquely. The hind wings crimson, with 

 an irregular blue margin, which is broadest in the males. The body is greenish black, and the antennse blue- 

 black. Numerous varieties occur, occasioned by the greater or less confluence of the red spots of the fore wings, 

 specimens having been found in which all the spots are united together ; the terminal spot is also occasionally 

 obliterated. The caterpillar is of a yellow colour, with three rows of larger-sizoJ black spots on the back and 

 sides, and a row of smaller black spots above the feet on each side. It feeds on the Plantain, Trefoil, (Quakers' 

 grass, &c. The perfect insect is found in the months of June and -July, occurring in pasture fields and meadows 

 near woods, and is very common in numerous parts of the country, extending far into Scotland, in which countrv 

 the larva has been observed to feed on Ononis arvensis. 



SPECIES 2.— ANTHROCERA LOTI. THE FIVE-SPOT BURNET-MOTH. 



Plate vi. fig. 1.")— 10. 



SvNOKVMEs. — Zygana J.oti, Fabricius ; Donovan, 9 pi. 319? i Brit. Moths, pi. 2, fig. 5. Not the Sphinx Loti of HUbner and Esper. 

 ilawortb. Sphinx LonicercB, Esper. 



Anthrocera Loli, Stephens ; Wood, Ind. Ent. t. 4, f. 3 ; Duncan, | Lijcasles Loli? Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. 



The fore wings in this species measure IJ- to 1^ inches in expanse, and are of a black blue colour, with five 

 red spots, which are exhibited of the same form on the under side ; the hind wings red, with a broad sinuated 

 black-blue margin. The antennas entirely black. Here again varieties occur, in which the spots are more or 



