^2 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORV. 



THE SPURGE HAWK-MOTH. DILEPHILA EUPHORBI^E. 



{Plate CI.) 



Sphi/LX ei(//iorl>iie, Linnceus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.), i., p. 492, 

 no. 17 (1758); id., Faun. Suec. p. 287 (1761); id., Mus. 

 Ludov. Ulrica, p. 356 (1764): Drury, 111. Exot. Ent. i., 

 pi. 29, fig. 3 (1773); Esper, Schmett. ii., p. ico, Taf. 11 

 (1780?); Hiibner, Eur. Schmett., ii., figs. 66, 139, 140 

 (1797-1818); Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. ii., p. 223 

 (1808) ; Godart, Lepid. France, iii. p. 33, pi. 17, fig. 2 

 (1822). 

 DeUephila eiiphorbicT^ Curtis, Brit. Ent. i., pi. 3 (1823); 

 Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. i., p. 124 (1828); 

 Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lepid. Heter. i., p. 162(1875); 

 Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 70, pi. 18, 

 figs. la, b (1879); Buckler, Larv?e of Brit. Lepid. ii., 

 p. 30, pi. 23 (1887); Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl., ii., p. :iy^, 

 pi. 48 (1893). 



The Spurge Hawk- moth expands about two inches and 

 a half. 



The fore-wings are olive-green, with the base white, and 

 marked with a black spot. The central area is traversed by 

 a broad pale yellowish band suffused with reddish, and some- 

 times dusted with blackish. This band extends into the olive- 

 green costal area, breaking it up into three spots ; a large one 

 at the base, a second, nearly round, in the middle, and a third, 

 generally small and indistinct, and of varying form, near the 

 apex. The hind margin is reddish-yellow or violet-red. The 

 hind-wings are rose-coloured, with a black base, and a narrow 

 black sub-marginal band. The fringes are white. The 

 antennas are white above, and brown beneath. The head and 

 thorax are dark olive-green, with a white stripe on each side 



