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THE GREEN FORESTER. 
in England, although it seems to be somewhat local. 
Neighbourhood of London, Coomhe and Darenth 
woods : “ Neighbourhood of Durham, plentiful in 
some places,” Mr. Andrews. Near Newcastle, 
York, &c. It probably does not extend much 
further northwards than the places last mentioned. 
SIX-SPOTTED BURNET-MOTH. 
Antlirocera FSipenduUs. 
PLATE II. Fig. 4. 
Sphinx Filipendulsu, Zim. ; Don. i. PI. 6 Zyg®na Filipen- 
duUe, Fabr. ; Haworth , — Buraet Moth, Wilkes ; Harris' 
Aurel. PI. 1. — Anthrooera Filiponduto, ; Steph. 
In the present genus the antennse are simple in the 
two sexes, of great length, slender at the base, and 
thickening at the top into a spindle-shaped club 
which is considerably curved. The palpi are longer 
than in Ino, projecting a little firom the head, and 
terminating in a point, the joints thickly clothed 
with hair. The species are pretty numerous, even 
although it be admitted as probable that several 
kinds regarded as distinct are mere varieties. All 
of them are remarkable for the brilliancy of their 
colours, chiefly consisting of bluish black and bright 
red, the latter generally occupying nearly the whole 
of the inferior wings and forming spots on the 
