ELEPHANT HAWK MOTH. 



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black bands cross the wings, and they are edged with yellow. 

 The thorax is pale brown, with a grey-white streak running 

 down it ; and the antennae are brown, except the tips, which are 

 white. The abdomen is rose-red, barred with black and diver- 

 sified with white marks. 



This is a West Indian species, the examples in the British 

 Museum having been brought from New York, Canada, Mexico, 

 and Jamaica. 



Fig. 372. — Deilephila daucus. Larva. 



The peculiar form of the Hawk Moth larva is well shown by 

 the accompanying illustration, which represents the caterpillar 

 of this species. The reader will notice the narrow white line 

 along the back, which has already been mentioned as earning 

 for the insect the specific name of lineata. 



The Elephant Hawk Moths are so called because the larva 

 has the power of elongating or contracting the head and first 

 three segments of the body in a way that bears some resem- 

 blance to the mobility of an elephant's " proboscis." The 

 generic name Chccrocawpa signifies " swine-caterpillar," and is 



