10 THE GENERA OF BRITISH MOTHS, 
and colour ; and the Caterpillar, No. 4 in the same plate, is one of the handsomest of the whole group. It feeds 
generally upon the Sea Spurge, Euphorbia Paralias. These Caterpillars were one season so conspicuous on the 
coast of Devonshire, from their numbers, that birds were attracted from a distance to feed upon them. They are 
now very rare. They appear in July and August, and are full-grown in September. 
No. 5, Plate 3, is the Striped Hawk-Moth, Detlephila Livornica, This species is casily distinguished by 
the nervures of the wings being white, imparting a remarkable, striped appearance, not found in the other 
species. The Caterpillar feeds on the common Vine, on the Sonchus arvensis, and Yellow Ladies’ Bed-straw ; its 
markings are like those of the others of the genus, very handsome ; the colour is a yellowish olive, with large 
spots of black surrounding specks of red: a rose-coloured stripe runs down the back, extending along the dorsal 
horn, and above the legs is a stripe of flesh colour, or yellow. It is full-grown in June. This species is very rare 
and was formerly considered doubtful as British ; but Brighton, Glasgow, Leicester, the Lake District, 
Manchester, &c., are cited as places in whieh it has been recently captured, 
Deilephila Galii, the last species of this genus, is also very rare, and popularly known as ‘‘ The Scarce 
Spotted Hawk-Moth.” It is very like the Spotted Hawk-Moth above described, but has the space next the outer 
edge of the front wings pale buff instead of ash-coloured, and a row of white spots down the middle of the back. 
The Caterpillar is rich olive, with a black stripe above the legs, enclosing the white spiracles, and a large 
roundish patch of buff in each segment, and a buff stripe rmms down the back, and the head and legs are rose- 
coloured. It feeds on Yellow Ladies’ Bed-straw, and other species of Galium, in the autumn. 
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