NOCTUEM. 



9. The Striped Hawk-Moth (Dcilephila livornica). 



9. THE STiurr.D HA.WK-MCTU. Fore wings 

 brown, with a pale margin, and a broad, irre- 

 gular, whitish stripe along the middle ; hind 

 wings black at the base ; then a broad, pink 

 band, white next the body ; then a broad dis- 

 tinct black band and a grey margin; the 

 veins in the wings have a grey appearance ; 

 thorax and body brown, a greyish line on each 

 side of the thorax, just at the base of the 

 wings this line runs along the head on each 

 side just above the eye. The caterpillar is 

 yellowish ; with the head, the first segment of 

 the body, a broad line along the back, and the 



whole of the belly intensely black; on each 

 side is a series of crescent-shaped black mark- 

 ings, and a double rcw of bright orange spots. 

 It is said to feed on the Ladies' Bedstraw and 

 on the vine, but it is a very rare visitor in this 

 country. Our description of the caterpillar is 

 from the German. The chrysalis is pale brown. 

 (The scientific name is Deilephila livornica.} 



NOTE. Most of the specimens in this coun- 

 try are Continental ones, sold by fraudulent 

 dealers to the ignorant as the preceding 

 species; but there are a few undoubtedly 

 British examples of this beautiful Moth. 



10. The Silver-Striped Ha\ 

 10. THE SILVEE- STRIPED HAWK-MOTH. 

 Fore wings brown, with a narrow silvery 

 oblique stripe along the middle, commencing 

 in a point at the extreme apex of the wing ; 

 this stripe is composed of four very delicate 

 lines, the upper one of which is silvery ; the 

 hind margin of the wing has several delicate 

 lines, and the veins of the wing are also 

 silvery ; hind wings pink at the base, the rest 

 pink-brown, with two black bands, which are 

 "nited by six black lines ; thorax and body 



:-Aloth (Chcerocampa Celerio). 

 brown ; thorax with an ash-coloured line on 

 each side at the base of the wings, and two 

 silvery lines ; body with a row of white marks 

 down the middle, and two silvery spots on 

 each side of each segment. " Caterpillar green 

 or purplish brown ; on the fifth and sixth 

 segments are two round black spots, dotted 

 with yellow, and encircled with a yellow ring ; 

 those on the fifth segment larger. Horn 

 brown, very slender, and quite straight. Feeds 

 on the vine." "We have never seen the cater- 



