MAY. 



and fourth segments deep red, and the two following yellow, 

 the tuft of hair at the extremity black and yellow ; the wings 

 are transparent and iridescent, with the nervures, a band 

 round the margin, and a streak on the upper pair purplish- 

 brown ; the base is tinged with green. The caterpillar is 

 pale green, with the under side and the horn (the character- 

 istic mark of the Hawk- Moth) reddish-brown : it feeds on 

 the honeysuckle. 



LEPIDOPTERA. SPHINGIDJ:. 



SMERINTHUS. 



Generic Distinctions. Antennae serrated; proboscis very short; 

 anterior wings angular, and toothed on the margin. 



SMERINTHUS TILI^E. (Plate X.) Lime Hawk-Moth. 

 This is a very variable insect, both in colour and in the form 

 of the markings. The anterior wings are generally greyish, 

 with an interrupted band of olive-green in the middle ; the 

 outer margin has a broad band of the same colour ; the hinder 

 wings are grey, with an ill-defined brown band running across 

 the outer margin. At other times the insect is found of an 

 obscure red ; the thorax is marked with three longitudinal 

 lines of olive-green. The caterpillar is pale green, with seven 





