TlIK PINK UNDKR-WING MOTH. 

 Phalicna Jacobece. 



PLATE LXX 



Fhalaum Jacobea, Linn. St/sl. Nat. ii. p. 239 Turton's 



Linni, iii. p. 220 Donovan's Brit. Ins. ii. pi. 4.5 



Harris's Axirelian, pi, 11. 



The upper wings are of a brownish black, with a 

 transverse pink band, and two ovate spots on eacli ; 

 tlie under wings are pink, with fimbriated margins ; 

 tlie body is reddish brown, the eyes white, and the 

 antennse taper from their insertion to the tips. 



The caterpillar is of a rich golden yellow, annula- 

 ted with deep black ; the segments are furnished 

 with a little tuft of long hairs between each, which 

 are much longer on the head ; it is found in the latter 

 end of July, feeding on the ragwort. It changes in- 

 to a chrysalis in the beginning of August, in which 

 state it lies on the surface of the earth during the 

 winter ; and it emerges the perfect moth in May 

 following, towards the latter end of the month. This 

 is one of the prettiest of our British moths. 



