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light mauve transverse stripes and very dark 

 mauve spots ; whilst the other is yellowish-green, 

 with dark prussian-blue stripes and spots ; the 

 third is a dull brown, with white markings near 

 the head. These all make a tic-tic-tic noise 

 when handled, and the death's-head moth itself 

 makes a loud squeaking. I often let them 

 crawl over my hands before their wings are 

 fully developed on purpose to hear the con- 

 tinuous pretty sound. Many of the sphynx 

 larvae have brilliantly coloured spots like eyes 

 near the head, and most of them a horny tail 

 on the last segment but one this sometimes 

 quite rudimentary. 



The larvae of a transparent-wing humming- 

 bird moth, common here (Cephonodes hylas), is a 

 brilliant light green, with a yellow tail and a 

 yellow border to the cowl-like fold of skin near 

 the head. A black and yellow diurnal moth 

 (Aletis Monteironis), also common here, has a 

 very pretty looper caterpillar, whitish-grey, with 

 black rings ; when in repose it hangs straight 

 down underneath a leaf, only holding on by 



