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band, which is intersected by yellow, is to be seen above the legs. 

 This caterpillar is almost always found on the Cyprus-leafed spurge. 

 It is found first at the end of June. Generally the chrysalis passes 

 through the winter, and the moth emerges in the following year. 



The Dellephila {Chceroca??ipa) nerii (Fig. 183), or Oleander 

 Hawk-Moth, is a charming species almost peculiar to hot countries, 



Fig. 183.— Deilephila (Chaerocampa) nerii. 



where the shrub from which it derives its name grows spontaneously 

 —that IS to say, in Africa, in the southern parts of Asia, in Greece, 

 m Spam, &c. Carried forward by its rapid flight, and assisted by 

 atmospheric currents, these beautiful insects sometimes come acci- 

 dentally mto the countries of Central Europe. They have been met 

 with many tniies in Paris, in the garden of the Luxembourg, where 

 the oleander is cultivated under glass. But those which are hatched 



