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thickening to the apex, pectinated in the male, in the female 

 serrated ; palpi short, and clothed with hairs. 



INO STATICES. Green Forester. The upper surface of 

 the superior wings and body are of a beautiful golden-green 

 with a silky gloss, inclining in some parts to blue; the re- 

 mainder of the upper, and the whole of the under side, are 

 brown. The caterpillar tapers at both ends ; the colour is 

 green, with the head black, two rows of black spots on the 

 back, and on each side a series of red dots ; it feeds on the 

 Cardamine pratensis. 



This insect, though somewhat local, is of frequent occur- 

 rence near London. 



LEPIDOPTERA. SPHINGID.E. 



METOPSILUS. 



Generic Distinctions. Antenna slightly thickening from the 

 base ; anterior wings very acute at the apex, with a slight curve 

 on the hinder margin below the tip ; the inner margin is also 

 curved. 



METOPSILUS ELPENOR. Elephant Hawk-Moth. The upper 

 wings, which measure above two inches, are olive-brown, 

 with the anterior edge, two oblique bands, and the hinder 



