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1860-1. These appear to have been of the browner colour of 

 the Leiston larvae, and not green. 



It thus appears that the insect is mainly confined to 

 Suffolk so far as this country is concerned, but that it still 

 exists elsewhere both in England and Scotland, though in great 

 rarity. It is common throughout the greater part of Europe 

 and apparently in India and the United States of America. 



o, S. Ligustri, L. — Expanse oh to 4^ inches. Fore 

 wings dark brown, shaded with darker ; hind wings pink, 

 with black bands ; abdomen purplish pink, barred with black. 



Antennas rather long, whitish above, pectinations, in the 

 male, brownish. Palpi and lower part of the head blackish, 

 upper part greyish-white, often with a rosy tinge ; a broad 

 whitish or pinkish-white stripe passes from the head along 

 each side of the thorax, covering the insertion of the wings ; 

 above this the front and each side of the thorax are broadly 

 deep black, shaded off above into the central space, which is 

 grey mottled with brown and black, while nearer the 

 abdomen on the upper surface are two blue-grey spots 

 surrounded with black. Abdomen bright purplish pink, 

 broadly barred, on each segment, with black, except down 

 the middle of the back, where is a broad pinkish-grey longi- 

 tudinal stripe divided by a black central line. Fore wings 

 long, pointed, costal margin very slightly curved in the 

 male, more arched in the female, hind margin very oblique, 

 slightly rounded, dorsal margin gently curved and hollowed 

 before the anal angle. Hind wings not very short, bluntly 

 pointed at the apex, with the hind margin slightly rounded. 

 Fore wings very pale greyish-brown or pinkish-brown, shaded 

 with darker brown ; costa brown ; a broad, ill-defined, 

 blackish-brown longitudinal stripe extends along the dorsal 

 margin for two-thirds of its length, occupying half the 

 breadth of the wing, thence gradually narrowing off* through 

 the remainder of the wing to the apex. Outwardly this 

 is in part bounded by a darker black-brown double line, 



