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ous yellow lines across the surface, and a cluster of 

 small yellow spots towards the centre. The upper 

 wings are yellow beneath, with a black ocelliform 

 spot in the middle, with a white pupil, behind 

 which is a transverse reddish ray. The under wings 

 are yellow above, with a large central ocelliform 

 spot, which is black, with a white elongated pupil ; 

 behind this eye there is a black semicircular band, 

 succeeded by another parallel one which is ferru- 

 ginous; the inner margin of the wing is likewise 

 ferruginous. On the under side the wings in ques- 

 tion are yellow, with a transverse ferruginous ray. 



The caterpillar is rather thick and fleshy; light 

 green, with a lateral stripe of ferruginous and white, 

 commencing at the fourth segment from the head 

 and terminating at the anus ; each segment bears a 

 transverse row of large tufts of hair. It may be 

 called polyphagous, feeding on Indian corn, dog- 

 wood, sassafras, &c. The pupa is very dark brown, 

 approaching to black, and if Abbot's delineation be 

 correct, free from hairs. The author just alluded 

 to found the caterpillar spin up on 27th September, 

 and the fly appeared on the wing on the 17th of 

 May, and continued coming out at different times 

 till the 15th of August following. The caterpillar 

 stings very severely, and encloses itself in a brown 

 web on the leaves. It is not very common, and is 

 a very tender fly to keep in cabinets, the male 

 sooner decaying than any other. When young, the 

 caterpillars feed in large companies, but ultimately 

 become solitary. 



