so 



Lloyd's natural historV. 



Hubncr, Eur. Sclimclt., ii., fig. 67 (1803) ; Ochsenheimer, 

 Schmett Eur., ii., p. 243 (1808); Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. 

 Haust., i., p. 121 (1828); Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and 

 Moths, p. 68, pi. 17, figs. I a-b (1879) ; Buckler, Larvee 

 of Brit. Lepid., ii., p. 27, pi. 22, fig. 3 (1887); Barrett, 

 Lepid. Brit. Isl., ii., p. 27, pi. 46 (1893). 



A/ia'/yx pinastri^ Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus., viii., 

 p. 223, no. I (1856). 



HyloicHS pi)iaslri, Kirby, Cat. Lepid. Heter., i., p. 693 (1892). 



The Pine Hawk moth expands about three inches. 



The fore-wings are ashy grey, with several indistinct dark 

 brown spots, and three short longitudinal black dashes near 

 the middle. The hind-wings are dark brownish grey, paler 

 towards the base, with black and white chequered fringes. 

 The abdomen is grey above, with a black line along the 

 middle, and is banded with white and black, or dark velvety 

 brown, on the sides. 



The larva, which feeds on pine and fir, is bright green, with 

 a reddish-brown dorsal stripe, which expands on the segments, 

 and narrows at the incisions, and two or three white or yellow 

 lines on the sides. The spiracles, which are placed on a 

 yellow line, are ringed with black. The head is orange- 

 coloured, and the horn dark brown. It forms a dark reddish- 

 brown pupa in the ground. 



The moth appears in May or June, and is taken flying about 

 honeysuckle and other flowers at dusk ; but it is very fond 

 of resting on the trunks of trees by day, and is more often 

 found in this position than any other Hawk-moth. It is very 

 rare in Britain ; and on account of the unreasonable in- 

 credulity which it is too often the fashion to regard all records 

 that have not been reconfirmed during the last {^^ years, 

 was actually excluded from our lists for some time, until it was 



