ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



SMERINTHUS TILIiE. Latreille. 



Sphinx Tiliae. Linn. 



Lime Hatch, Moth. 



Thorax ash-colour, with three olive-green bands, 

 taking their origin from the head : body also ash- 

 colour : the upper wings are of a pale brick red, but 

 subject in different specimens to great variation ; 

 about the middle of the wing and near the upper 

 margin is an irregularly formed olive-green blotch — 

 beneath this and somewhat nearer the body is a 

 triangular spot of the same colour, and in some 

 specimens they join, in others the lower spot is 

 wanting : the outer margin has a broad facia clouded 

 and of a less defined olive colour : the lower or in- 

 ferior wings are a little darker than the upper, and 

 have an undefined streak of a slight olive-green a 

 little below the middle of the wing, and gradually 

 decreasing in width to the inner angle : antennae and 

 feet ash colour. 



The larva feeds on the lime-tree; it is rough, 

 tailed, attenuated before, and green, with oblique 

 lateral striae of a red or yellow colour : the pupa is 

 dark brown. 



This insect is but seldom met with in the perfect 

 state, and we would recommend the young ento- 

 mologist, or those who do not possess specimens, to 

 seek for the pupa at the roots of lime trees: these 

 may be met with at about two or three inches below 

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