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spot is enclosed by an intensely black perpendicular stripe which runs 

 from the dorsal to the spiracular line ; behind this, on each segment, 

 there are five alternate golden-green and black perpendicular stripes, 

 the first being three times the width of the other four ; dorsal stripe 

 rather broad and pale pinkish-yellow ; spiracular stripe as wide as the 

 dorsal and bright red ; spiracles small and yellow ; under-surface dark 

 olive-green thickly dotted with yellow spots ; head, prolegs, and 

 claspers dull red ; horn dull red with a black tip ; the dorsal stripe 

 runs through the horn to the extremity of the anal claspers where 

 it is bordered on each side with deep black. 



The full grown larvae (which are as large as those of Sphinx 

 ligusfri) as I have mentioned before, vary exceedingly, hardly two 

 being alike, but the following was perhaps the most usually met with 

 and typical form. Ground-colour olive-green ; dorsal stripe broad 

 and pink ; sub-dorsal line pink enclosing from fifth to eleventh 

 segments a bright red ocellated spot with shining black pupil ; just 

 below the spiracles, which are pink, is another interrupted stripe of 

 the same colour ; under-surface, which is somewhat wrinkled, dark 

 olive-green thickly spotted with yellow ; head, prolegs, and claspers 

 pink ; horn rough, pink with a black tip. 



The following is a description of four of the varieties: — 

 Var. A. — Whole of the upper-surface dull black; ocellated spots 

 pale pink with intensely shining black pupils ; dorsal stripe narrow 

 and red ; an interrupted sub-dorsal stripe from the second to fifth 

 segment, where it merges into the ocellated spot ; behind each ocellated 

 spot are two small faint pink spots indicating a continuation of the 

 sub-dorsal stripe ; skin-folds on each side of the face much wrinkled 

 and pale yellow ; spiracles pale straw-colour, and beneath them runs 

 a broad interrupted pink stripe ; under-surface blackish-green spotted 

 with yellow ; head, prolegs, and claspers dull red ; on the twelfth 

 segment there is an oblique pinkish stripe ; above the anal claspers 

 there are two oval pink spots ; horn dull red with black tip. This was 

 a common variety. 



Var. B. — Whole surface pale olive-pink ; ocellated spots straw- 

 colour, with black pupils, and bordered outside with black ; head pale 

 olive-green ; dorsal stripe broad and pale pink ; sub-dorsal line of the 

 same colour, but so faint as to be scarcely perceptible ; spiracles 

 orange in a black ring ; spiracular line very faint and pink ; prolegs 

 and claspers bright pink ; horn pale blue. 



Var. C. — Ground-colour olive- brown ; dorsal stripe very broad and 

 of a clear straw-colour ; sub-dorsal line pink and much interrupted ; 

 ocellated spots with intensely black pupils, bordered by a narrow ring 



