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second, the terminal joint very slender ; wings very sparingly clothed 

 with scales. 



PIERIS CRAT.3EGL (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 brassicce, 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. 



LEPIDOPTERA. SPHINGID.E. 



SMERINTHUS. 



Generic Distinctions. See page 135. 



SMERINTHUS OCELLATUS. (Plate X.) Eyed Hawk- 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, 



