SPILOSOMA VIRGO. 175 
the extremities; neck red, with two small black 
streaks above it ; thorax with a black stripe in the 
centre and another on each side; abdomen with 
three rows of black spots, those along the back be- 
ing largest. Anterior thighs red, having two black 
spots on them close to the head. 
Abbot has given an accurate delineation of the 
caterpillar. It is dark brown, with five pale or 
yellow longitudinal stripes, each segment bearing a 
transverse row of fulvous tubercles from which 
springs a dense tuft of brown hairs. It feeds on a 
great variety of plants, but it seems to prefer plan- 
tain (Plantago major )^ Indian corn, and pease. 
A specimen kept by Abbot w'as hatched on the 
23d of July, spun the 28th August, and the fly 
appeared September 9th. The chrysalis has five 
reddish bands, and terminates in a small mucro. 
SPILOSOMA VIRGO. 
PLATE XIX. Fig. 3. 
Phalaena Virgo, Linn.; Ahbot and Smith, Lepid. Georg., ii. pi. 62. 
— Bombyx Virgo, Fuhr. ; Eticxjc. Meth. 
The antenri£e of this handsome moth are ferruginous : 
thorax cream coloured or fulvous, with three broad 
black stripes, and two small spots of the same 
