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LIME HAWK-MOTH. 



Smerinthns Tilue. 

 PLATE IV. Fig. 1. 



Sphinx Tiliae, Linn. ; Donovan, x. PI. 325 Olive Shades, or 



Lime Hawk-moth, Wilkes, PI. 23 Lime Hawk-moth, 



Harris* Aurd. PI. 20. 



A VERY variable insect both in colour and the form 

 of the markings: the anterior wings are usually 

 greyish, with an interrupted band of olive -green or 

 olive-brown in the middle, formed by two spots, of 

 which the anterior one is the largest; the outer 

 margin has a broad band of the same colour, edged 

 externally with ferruginous, and having a white 

 mark at the tip of the wing. The hinder wings 

 are grey, with an ill-defined brown band running 

 obliquely from the anterior edge to the anal angle, 

 where the colour deepens and sometimes becomes 

 greenish. The thorax is marked with three longi- 

 tudinal bands of olive green which unite in front, 

 and the abdomen generally has a green tinge. The 

 colour of the surface is occasionally obscure red, 

 with the outer extremity of the anterior wings and 

 the central spots deep rust-red : at other times the 



