LEPIDOPTERA. 



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with eight transversal rows of small white dots and four longitudinal 

 rows, of which two are white and two yellowish. It has a dark blue 

 horn, with an orange coloured tip. It lives on different species of 



Fig. 180. Pupa of Macroglossa stellatariuu. 



bedstraw, but by preference on the Gallium mullugo. Before its 

 metamorphosis, it encloses itself in a shapeless cocoon, made of the 

 debris of leaves held together by threads, and placed on the sur- 

 face of the ground. The pupa (Fig. 180) is of a light grey, 

 sprinkled over with brown dots, and striped with black. Its skin 

 is so thin and transparent that one can follow it through all the 

 phases of transformation to the imago. 



The genus Deilephila is composed of species whose flight is 

 rapid, and after sunset. Such are the Deilephila euphorbice, the 

 Oleander Hawk-moth (Deilephila (Cheer ocampa) nerii), and the 

 large Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila (Ch&rocampa) elpenor). 



The Deilephila euphorbia (Fig. 181) has the upper wings of a 

 reddish grey, with three 

 spots of greenish or olive 

 colour along the costa, or 

 front margin, and abroad, 

 black, oblique band along 

 the hind margin. The 

 lower wings are red with 

 the base black, and a 

 transverse black band to- 

 wards the ba,>o ; they have, 

 moreover, a large round 



White spot on the inside. Fi ^ ISl.-Beilephila euphorbi*. 



Beneath the wings are red, as also is the body, which is covered 



