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Ulricce, p. 343 (1764) ; Esper, Schmctt., ii., p. 28, Taf. 3 ; 

 p. 177, Taf. 22, fig. 3 (1779); id., Forts., p. 20, Taf. 41, 

 fig. 5 (1801?); Hiibner, Eur. Schrnett., ii., fig. 72 

 (1797?); Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur., ii., p. 246 

 (1808); Godart, Lepid. France, iii., p. 64, [)1. 20, fig. i 

 (1822). 



Smerinthus iiiicE, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust., i., p. 113 

 (1828) ; Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lepid. Heter., i., p. 44 

 (1875); Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 73, pi. 19, 

 figs. I a-c (1879); Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid., ii., 

 p. 105, pi. 20, fig. 3 (1887); Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl., ii., 

 p. II, pi. 43 (1893). 



Dilina tilice, Kirby, Cat. Lepid. Heter., i., p. 709 (1892). 



This pretty species is found throughout Europe and in 

 Siberia. It expands two inches and a half, or three inches. 



The thorax and abdomen are light green, yellowish, or 

 ochre-brown. The fore-wings, which have the hind margins 

 deeply excavated, vary in colour from yellowish white to 

 reddish brown, suffused with light green or brownish-green on 

 the hind margins, and are crossed by a band of the same colour, 

 which is generally broken into two spots across the middle. 



The hind-wings are ochre-yellow, with an indistinct blackish 

 sub-marginal band. 



The larva feeds on lime, beech, elm, birch, oak, and, 

 it is said, sometimes on fruit-trees. It is light or dark 

 green, shagrccncd, and with oblique lateral streaks, reddish 

 above and yellow below. The horn is blue or green, and 

 behind it is a horny red or blackish plate, surrounded by 

 small whitish or yellow tubercles and spots. The pupa is 

 dark brown, with blackish wing-cases. The moth appears in 

 May or June. This is a commoner species in England than it 

 used to be, especially in the neighbourhood of London. 



