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DEILEPIIILA LIVORNICA. 



LINED HAWK-MOTH. STRIPED HAWK-MOTH. 

 RAYED HAWK-MOTH. 



Plate III. Figure 3. 



THIS insect measures three inches and a quarter, or a 

 little over, across. Male: front wings dark olive green, 

 with a pale streak from the lower side to the top. Hind 

 wings rose red, whitish within to the lower corner, and 

 paler outside the marginal band; the base with a large 

 indented black patch and a narrow distinct line following 

 the margin. The veins of the wings shpw distinctly white. 



Localities for this species are Doncaster, Kingsbridge, 

 Birkenhead, Arundel, Brighton, Pennance near Falmouth, 

 Exeter, Land's End, Cork, Tremeri, Freshwater and Bern- 

 bridge in the Isle of Wight, St. Leonard's-on-the-Sea, 

 Lewisham, Herne Hill, Worthing, Deal, Plymouth, West- 

 bourne, Colchester, Torquay, Barnsley, Leicester, Lewes, 

 Manchester, Preston, Glasgow, Hammersmith, Penzance, 

 Pendarves, Ventnor, Langport, Carlisle, and Bristol. One 

 , was taken in London. 



The dates of the appearance of the perfect insect are 

 in the months of August and September, also in April, 

 May, and June April 16, 29, May 2, 4, 6, 12, 13, 14, 

 15,' 17, 19, 20, 21, 25. 



The caterpillar is dull greyish yellow, with a broad 

 black line along the back, and another along the lower 

 part of the sides. Below the former is a row of ten 

 pale dull yellow spots, with a large black centre to each, 

 except the last. The tail is red. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is June 

 and July June 18. 



The caterpillar feeds on the yellow bed-straw (Galium 

 verum) and the vine. 



