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CHLEKOCAMPA NEHII. 



OLEANDER HAWK-MOTH. 



Plate V. Figure 1. 



THIS rare insect (rare at least in this country) measures 

 across from four inches and a little over to four and over 

 a quarter. Male : front wings grey with a very faint tinge 

 of rose-red colour, with several irregular blots or patches 

 of clear deep green, these more or less crossed with 

 waved white streaks. Hind wings purple grey, brown at 

 the base, with a whitish waved line a little beyond the 

 middle, the outside margin shaded off into dull green, 

 except at the lower corner which is pale coloured. 



Localities for this species are Brighton, the Isle of 

 Wight, Barnstaple, Dover, Teignmouth, St. Leonard's- 

 on-the-Sea, Eastbourne, Hastings. 



The situations where it is found are gardens, &c. 



The date of the appearance of the perfect insect is in 

 August, September, and October August 2, Sep. 2, 11. 



The caterpillar is dull green or yellowish, with a 

 streak of white, and many small dots of the same, and 

 two large eye-like dots on each side. 



The caterpillar feeds on the oleander (Nerium oleander), 

 and had also been found on the periwinkle and the potato. 



Very few cabinets possess authentic specimens of this 

 fine and conspicuous moth. 



MACROGLOSSA STELLATARUM. 

 HUMMING-BIRD HAWK-MOTH. 



Plate V. Figure 2. 



THIS insect measures from a little under two inches to 

 two in extent. Male : front wings dark brownish black, 

 with a black dot in the centre, and two black waved lines 

 across, and the trace of a third outside. Hind wings fine 



