r4 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



Proscrp'nuts gaunT^ Clemens, Journ. Acad. Sci. Philad. iv., 



p. 134(1859). 

 Poi;ocoIo?i gaurce, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lepid. Heter. i., 



P- 315 (iS75)- 



This moth appears to be confined to the southern States of 

 America, princi^ ally Georgia. It is very scarce in collections. 

 The head and thorax are greenish, with a greenish-white line 

 on the sides of the head and thorax. The abdomen is 

 greenish or brownish-green, with the hinder portions of the 

 segments paler. The fore-wings are pale yellowish -green, 

 shaded with deeper green, with a broad dark-green median 

 band, bordered externally by pale yellowish-green, darkening 

 towards the costa and tip, but with a pale streak at the tip. 

 There is a small round discoidal spot of a dark green colour. 

 The hind-wings are orange-coloured, with a narrow terminal 

 band and paler fringes. 



The moth measures about an inch and a half across the 

 wings. 



The larva is dark green with a white band on the first 

 segment, containing four black dots. There is a dorsal and 

 a sub-dorsal row of black dots, between which, on each side, 

 is situated a series of semi-elliptical black dorsal patches 

 edged with white. On the sides is a row of somewhat oval 

 patches, blackish and crimson behind, also edged with white. 

 The pro-legs are crimson, and there are crimson patches on 

 the sides of the tenth and eleventh segments. The horn is 

 black, with the base yellow. It feeds on Gaura biennis. 



Ftcrogon gainre much resemble a species which is common 

 in many parts of Southern and Central Europe, but is not 

 found in England. This is P. proserpina (Pallas), the larva 

 of which feeds on the evening primrose {Q^not/iera, after which 

 it has been named by some writers), as well as on various 



