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and the hinder part tinged with that colour ; it has also a 

 large ocellus with a blue iris, and a large bluish-brown pupil 

 placed in a patch of deep black ; the head and thorax are 

 nearly of the same colour as the surface of the upper wings. 

 The caterpillar is green, the sides tinged with blue, and 

 most of the segments marked with a white oblique stripe 

 on the sides ; the head is bordered with yellow ; it feeds on 

 the willow, poplar, apple, etc. The moth is common in the 

 south. 



LEPIDOPTEEA. 



DEILEPHILA. 



Generic Distinctions. Antennae rather short, and thickening into 

 a distinct club, with a terminal hook ; proboscis long and spiral ; 

 anterior wings not very acute at the apex, the hinder margin 

 slightly rounded. 



DEILEPHILA EUPHORBIA. (Plate XII.) Spotted ElepJiant 

 Hawk-Moth. The upper wings are olive-brown or greenish, 

 with a rose-coloured irregular band, extending from near 

 the base to the apex, and the margin of the same colour ; 

 the hinder wings are rose-coloured, with a white mark near 

 the body, the base and a transverse band being black ; the 



