LEP1DOPTERA. 



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large round white spot on the inside ; beneath the wings are red, as 

 also is the body, which is covered above with greenish hairs. This 



Fig. 181. Deilephila euphorbiae. 



species is exceedingly rare here, but is plentiful on the Continent 

 during the months of June and September. 



The larva (Fig. 182) is one of the most remarkable of the genus 

 on account of the splendour and the vividness of its colours, and 



Fig. 182. Larva of Deilephila euphorbiae. 



appears to be covered with varnish. It has a number of small yellow 

 dots very close to each other on a glossy black ground, which are 

 ranged in circles. On each side of the body are two longitudinal 

 rows of spots generally of the same colour as the dots, and a narrow 

 band of carmine runs down the middle of the back, and a similar 



