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ANTHROCERA, Scorou. ZYGAENA, Fasricrws. 

This genus differs from the preceding by its more robust body, and long thick and curved antenne, which are 
clavate, with the inner edge serrated, the joints being short and entire ; the hind tibis are furnished with two 
pairs of spurs. The larva is short, thick, and soft, and clothed with short 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 spots, 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.—ANTHROCERA FILIPENDULZ. THE SIX-SPOT BURNET-MOTH. 
Plate vi. fig. 11—14. 
Synonymes.— Sphinx Filipendule, Linneus; Donovan, vol. 1, | Anthrocera Filipendule, Stephens; Wood, Ind, Ent. pl. 4, 
pl. 6; Wilkes, p. 191, fig. super. ; Harris, Aurelian, pl. 1, fig. e—h. | fig. 5; Duncan, Brit. Moths, pl. 2, fig. 4. 
Zygena Filipendule, Fabricius ; Haworth; Boisduval ; Curtis, | Thermophila Filipendule, Hiibner (Verz. bek. Schmett.) 
Brit. Ent. pl. 547. 
This handsome and abundant species varies from 1 to 13 inches in the expansion of its fore wings, which are of 
a greenish-black colour, the upper pair being of a satiny texture, with six 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 antenne 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-sized 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’ 
erass, &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 country 
the larva has been observed to feed on Ononis arvensis. 

SPECIES 2.—ANTHROCERA LOTI. THE FIVE-SPOT BURNET-MOTH. 
Plate vi. fig. 15—16. 
Svnonymes.—Zygena Loti, Fabricius; Donovan, 9 pl. 319? ,; Bnit. Moths, pl. 2, fig. 5. Not the Sphinx Loti of Hiibner and Esper. 
iroanthy Sphinx Lonicere, Esper. 
Anthrocera Loti, Stephens ; Wood, Ind. Ent. t. 4, f. 3; Duncan, Lycastes Lott ? Hitbner, Verz. bek. Schmett. 
The fore wings in this species measure 17 to 11 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 antenne entirely black. Here again varieties occur, in which the spots are more or 
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