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BRITISH MOTHS. 



pillar of this Moth; our description is ex- 

 tracted from Mr. Stainton's " Manual of Bri- 

 tish Butterflies and Moths." The author has 

 copied it from Fryer. The perfect insect has 

 occurred now and then in England, but can 

 scarcely he regarded as a British insect. (The 

 scientific name is Chcerocampa Celerio.} 



11. THE SMALL ELEPHANT HAWK-MOTH. 

 Fore wings yellowish olive-brown, with pink 

 blotches along the upper or costal margin, 

 and a broad irregular pink outer margin ; 

 thorax and body rosy red, with the head, 

 shoulders, and some indistinct patches along 



11. The Small Elephant Hawk-Moth (Chcerocampa 

 Porcellus). 



12. THE ELEPHANT HAWK-MOTH. Fore 

 wings olive-green, obliquely shaded with pink ; 

 hind wings black at the base, the rest pink ; 

 thorax and body olive-brown, the thorax with 

 four longitudinal pink marks, the body with 

 a pink central line and pink sides. Caterpillar 

 green or brown, the males generally brown, 

 with conspicuous black eye-like spots on each 



the middle of the body, olive-brown. The 

 caterpillar is slightly rough, and either of a 

 uniform brown or green colour, having a round 

 black spot on each side of the fourth, fifth, 

 and sixth segments ; the spots on the fifth and 

 sixth segments have a snow-white lunule in 

 them ; there is no horn above the tail. It 

 feeds on the Ladies' Bedstraw, and is particu- 

 larly fond of a chalky soil. The chrysalis is 

 brown, the coyering of the wing-cases darker 

 than that of the body. The Moth is found in 

 June, the caterpillar in August. (The scien- 

 tific name is Chcerocampa Porcellus}. 



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side of the fourth and fifth segments. Feeds 

 on the large Willow Herb, which is so common 

 on the sides of ditches, and also on Ladies' 

 Bedstraw, and sometimes in gardens on 

 Fuchsias. Chrysalis yellow-brown, marbled 

 with black. The Moth occurs in June, the 

 caterpillar in August. (The scientific name 

 is Chcerocampa, JSlpenor.) 



18. The Oleander Hawk-Moth (Ch&roeampa Merit). 



