2^ Lloyd's natural history. 



Sphi7ix karhlhii, Fuessly, Arch. pi. 4, figs. 1-4 ; pi. 7^7,^ 



figs. 1-5 (1781-1786). 

 Sphinx lineaUi, Rossi (nee Fabricius), Faun. Etr. ii., pp. 14, 



359 (1794); Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. ii., p. 214 



(1808). 

 DeilepJiila lineata^ Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust., ii., p. 126, 



pi. 12, fig. I (1828) ; Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lepid. Heter. 



i., p. 172 (1875). 

 DeilepJiila livornica, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 71 



(1879); Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. ii., p. 42, pi. 25, 



fig. I (1887); Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl. ii., p. 46, pi. 50 



(■893)- 



The Striped Hawk-moth expands about three inches and 

 three-quarters. It has an extended range, comprising the 

 greater part of the Old World. The fore-wings are olive- 

 brown, varied with bluish-grey, with a nearly straight yellowish 

 band extending from the base to the apex of the wings, and 

 sharply bounded on the outer side. The hind margin is 

 bluish grey. The nervures are partly silvery white, and there 

 is a greyish white spot in the centre, containing a small black 

 dot. The hind-wings are rose-coloured, with the base and a 

 broad sub-marginal band black. The narrow part of the wing 

 beyond the band is reddish-grey, and the fringes white. The 

 antenna3 are dark brown, tipped with white, and the head, 

 thorax, and abdomen are olive-brown. There are four longi- 

 tudinal white stripes on the thorax. On the front of the 

 abdomen are two black spots on the sides, alternating with two 

 white ones, and the incisions are chequered with black and 

 white. 



There arc two distinct forms of the larva. One is light 

 green, dotted with yellow, with a rose-coloured head and 

 dorsal line. There is a black spot on each segment, and 



