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found in fotne paits of the continent, in which the abdomen is marked 

 with a fmgle rufous belt, but this kind lias not, to our knowledge, 

 been difcovered in this country : Efper gives it under the name of 

 Sphinx Peucedani, Gmelin deems it nothing more than a variety of 

 Filipendulze /3. 



The fix fpot Burnet Sphinx is taken pretty frequently in the 

 neighbourhood of London, where the other is rarely found. In forae 

 parts of Bedfordshire the five-fpot Burnet is very common. 



As all lepidopterous infetls are liable to fome trifling variations in 

 the colours and markings of their wings from accidental circum- 

 flances, fo fpecimens of Sphinx Filipendulae have been taken with 

 the two fpots near the bafe very clofely united ; infomuch as to appear 

 like a Tingle fpot, and hence arofe fome doubt as to the exigence of 

 any other five fpot Burnet. If, however, we compare this variety 

 with the true five fpot Burnet, a finking difference muff be perceived. 

 The latter is fmaller, the blue border of the inferior wings is deeper, 

 and the fpot ol red, which in the fix fpot Burnet is fituated nearefl to 

 the apex of the fuperior wing is wanting. 



The larva of the prefent fpecies feeds on the Genifla Anglica, on 

 the Ulex Europasus, and Spirea Filipendula, from the latter of which 

 us Linnsean name is derived. 



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