134 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



parts of the country, and often seen disporting itself in 

 gardens. 



The expansion of the wings is about 2 inches. The 

 fore-wings are smoky- brown, with a central black dot, 

 a waved black line on each side of it, and indistinct 

 black clouds towards the base ; the hind- wings are dull 

 tawny, almost dull orange, with the base blackish-brown 

 and the hind-margin reddish-brown ; the body is brown- 

 ish, beautifully varied with black and white posteriorly. 



The larva is very variable in colour, green, purplish- 

 brown, or dark brown, dotted with white, with a darker 

 dorsal and paler subdorsal lines, and a yellow or white 

 line below the black spiracles ; the caudal horn is rather 

 short, rough, nearly straight, blue, with the tip yellow ; 

 the anterior legs are orange. It feeds on bed-straw in 

 June, July, and August. 



The perfect insect appears from May to September, 

 and hybernated wasted specimens may be seen in the 

 early spring, on bright sunny days ; it flies briskly by 

 day during the hottest sunshine, feasting on the honey 

 of flowers, and darting away if we approach it too nearly. 



FAMILY III. SESIID^E. 



SESIA BOMBYLIFORMIS. THE NAEEOW- 

 BOEDEEED BEE HAWK-MOTH. 



(Plate III., Fig. 5.) 



This is not scarce in many parts of the country, and 

 occurs northward in the neighbourhood of Carlisle, and 

 has occasionally been met with in Scotland down the 

 Clyde. 



The expansion of the wings is from 1J to If inch. 



