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of Galway, and likewise in the county of Clare, also 
near Oban in Argyleshire. 
The situations where it is found are barren places in 
mountainous districts. 
The date of the appearance of the perfect insect i3 
from the middle to the end of June. 
The caterpillar is pale yellowish green, with a double 
row of twelve black spots on the sides. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
May and to June. 
The caterpillar feeds on the bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus 
corniculatus), the mountain trefoil (Trifolium montanum ), 
and the horse-shoe vetch (Hippocrepis comosa). 
This species flies in the day-time. 
ANTHROCERA TRIFOLII. 
FIVE-SPOTTED BURNET. 
Plate VIII. Figure 8. 
This insect measures from one inch and a little under 
a quarter to one and a little over. Male : front wings 
deep bluish green, with five deep crimson-red spots,— 
two, two, and one,—the two next the body running 
into one another, and the two next also frequently 
united. Hind wings deep crimson-red, with a rather 
broad purple edge. 
The antennae are black, rather short and thick, con¬ 
siderably so towards the tip. The body is alsoblue-black. 
Localities for this species are Axminster, Lynn, Bide¬ 
ford, Bisterne, Keymer, Dorchester, Lewes, Oxford, 
Lower Guiting, Manchester, and Holywell in Flintshire, 
Budock and College Wood near Falmouth, &c., &c. 
