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DEILEPHILA GALII. 

 SCARCE-SPOTTED HAWK-MOTH. MADDER HAWK-MOTH. 



Plate III. Figure 2. 



THIS insect measures from two and a half to three inches 

 in the expanse of the wings. Male: front wings fine clear 

 olive green, the lower margin paler, and a yellowish white 

 streak from below the base to the tip, indented along its 

 upper edge. Hind wings black at the base, white at the 

 lower corner, succeeded by a pale red patch, fading out- 

 wards into pale yellowish or reddish white, with a clear 

 black line following the lower edge. 



Localities for this species are Warwick, Gogmagog, 

 Cambridge, Askham Bryan, Woolwich, Darenth Wood, 

 Kingston, Arundel, Bridgewater, Taunton, Stowmarket, 

 Worcester, Rugeley, Dunkirk, Darlington, Aylesbury, 

 Gainsborough, Leckhampton, Bungay, Tunbridge Wells, 

 Wallasey, Macclesfield, Hull, Hedderwick Hill near 

 Dunbar, York, Clcvedon, Tunbridge, Felixstowe, Cra- 

 mond, Wheaton, Twizel, Manchester, Plymouth, Bristol, 

 Lewes, Thurning, Huddersfield, Birkenhead, Epping, 

 Deal, Exeter, on the Dyke Road near Brighton, Dover, 

 Faversham, Rainham, Whiten" eld near Bury, Stamford 

 Hill, Hackney, and other places near London. 



The dates of the appearance of the perfect insect are 

 from the beginning of July to the middle of August, and 

 even in September and October. July 4, 5,26, August 11. 



The caterpillar is dull greyish green, with a row of 

 large pale yellow round spots, each in a black rim, along 

 the sides, smaller towards the head, and a red streak 

 along the back. The tail bright red. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is from 

 the middle of August to the middle of September. 

 August 26, September 20. One was taken in a garden 

 at Falmouth, January 5th., 1863. 



The caterpillar feeds on the yellow bed-straw (Galiuni 

 verum) and the fuchsia. 



