T A B. LXIV.
PH ALMENA P H Y L L I R A .
C OM M O N A M E R IC A N T IG E R M O T H .
H E L IA N T H U S . D I V A R IC A T U S - . L IN ;N i
RO UGH NARROW-LEAVED S U N .FLOW ER .
P h , Bornbyx elinguis, alis deflexis atris: rivulis rubicundis; pofticis rubris nigro maculatis
lineä marginali nigrä.
Phakena Phyllira. Drury's Inf. Vol. 1 . 1. J . f 2.
I ts food is Crofs-Wort, Corn, Peas,Wheat, &c. One o f thefe caterpillars fpun on th e
4 th o f April, and th e fly appeared the 29th. Another fpun May 27th, and came,
out th e lOth o f June, This kind continues breeding moft p a rt o f th e fummer.
. This is clofely related to the two preceding, and would be very like Virgo if the nerves of
its upper wings were, as in that and Dione, of the fame light colour with the branching lines,
which ci-pfs or cover them. The abdomen differs much from that of Virgo, having three rows.
o.f black fpots as in the female Dime.
