16 Insect Pests. 



green, sometimes bluish-green, at others bright apple-green, minutely- 

 dotted with white and with eight white or pale yellow diagonal bars 

 on each side, bordered above with darker colour ; the tail is light 

 blue, the apex being deep green, reddish-brown or black, rarely 

 uniform blue; the spiracles are yellowish- white, edged with brown. 



[F. Edenden. 

 VIC. 1.— THE EYEli HAWK MOTH (Sinerintlius ocellaius. Linn.) 



Adult, larva and pupa. 



The length of larval life is about six weeks. They then enter the 

 soil and make a cavity about 2 inches deep. The pupa is deep 

 brown, and measures often If inch ; in this stage the Eyed Hawk 

 remains throughout the winter and spring. 



