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length of the second, the terminal joint very slender ; wings very 

 sparingly clothed with scales. 



PTERIS CEAT^GI, (Plate VI.) Black-veined White, or 

 Hawthorn Butterfly. The English name almost sufficiently 

 describes this handsome species ; it is about the size of the 

 Pontia brassier, of a uniform white, with the nervures 

 black : the under side is exactly similar. The caterpillar is 

 black when young, but soon becomes partially clothed with 

 hairs, and striped with reddish-brown on each side; it eats 

 the leaves of the hawthorn, and will attack fruit-trees ; the 

 insect is by no means common, and is principally found in 

 the south. 



LEPIDOPTEKA. SPHINGID^E. 



SMERINTHUS. 



Generic Distinctions. See page 135. 



SMERINTHUS OCELLATUS. (Plate X.) Eyed HawJc-Moth. 

 The male of this beautiful insect measures two inches and a 

 half, and the female often exceeds this by an inch; the anterior 

 wings, which are very acute at the tip, are grey, tinged with 

 rose-colour and variegated with brown ; the posterior pair 

 are rose-colour, with the anterior margin grey, and the hinder 



