254 MAGPIE OR GOOSEBERRY-MOTH. 
and six transTerse rows of rounded black spots ; the 
first consisting of a single spot or two at the base, 
the third irregular and interrupted, the fourth and 
fifth enclosing the outermost of the yellow bands 
formerly mentioned, and the sixth on the hinder 
margin : these spots vary much in size and position, 
and some of them are generally more or less con- 
fluent. The under wings have a few scattered 
spots on the disk, and a continuous series of larger 
size round the posterior border. The body is yel- 
low, with rows of black spots ; the head and an- 
tennse of the latter colour. Varies greatly in the 
marks, being sometimes nearly all black. 
The caterpillar is very similar in its markings to 
the perfect insect, the prevailing colour being white, 
slightly tinged with blue, the back with numerous 
black spots of various dimensions, and the lower 
parts of the sides, and the belly, yellow, sprinkled 
Mith black dots. (PI. xxvui. fig. 2.) The chrysalis 
is pitchy-black, with yellow bands on the segments. 
The moth appears pretty early in the summer, and 
abounds wherever the appropriate food of the cater- 
pillar (the common currant and gooseberry-bushes) 
is to be obtained. 
