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The caterpillar feeds on the yellow bed-straw (Galium 

 verum), willow-herb (Epilolium hirsutum), and also on 

 the vine. 



The name Elephant Hawk-Moth is derived to these 

 species from the resemblance of the front part of the cater- 

 pillar to the proboscis of an elephant when feeding. 



CHvEROCAMPA ELPENOR. 



LARGE PINK ELEPHANT HAWK-MOTH. 

 Plate IV. Figure 3. 



THIS beautiful insect measures from two inches and a 

 little over a quarter to two and a half. Male : front wings 

 glossy olive green, within the front edge a broad bar near 

 the base, a slanting line across to the tip and a broad 

 border on the outside margin of fine purple pink red. 

 Hind wings dull black at the base : the remainder fine 

 pink red with a yellowish white edge. 



Localities for this species are Leeds, Scarborough, York, 

 Sutton-on-Derwent, Sand Hutton, Buttercrambe Moor, 

 Askham Bog, Huddersfield, Truro, Epping, Blandford, 

 Kingsbury, Leicester, Manchester, Preston, Sheffield, Ten- 

 terden, Cambridge, Birkenhead, Exeter, Lewes, Plymouth, 

 Stowmarket, Teignmouth, Brighton, Lyndhurst, Waven- 

 don, Lower Guiting,Halton, Edinburgh, Burton-on-Trent, 

 Bristol, Bisterne, Falmouth, Ely, Faversham, Dover, Can- 

 terbury, Ashford, Dartford,Chingford, Sudbury, Hackney, 

 Sherwood Forest, Ilfracombe, and Battersea. 



The date of the appearance of the perfect insect is the 

 month of June. 



The caterpillar is usually dark grey, mottled with 

 blackish, with two large black spots on the sides, within 

 which, on the upper part, is a white border surrounding 

 a greyish brown spot. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is at the 

 end of July and the beginning of August August 15, 20. 



The caterpillar feeds on the willow-herb (Epilobium 

 hirsutum), the bed-straw (Galium pratense), and also on 

 the vine and the fuschia. 



