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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 cater- 

 pillar 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. 



LePIDOPTERA. SPHINGIDiE. 



DEILEPHILA. 



Generic Distinctions . — Antenna 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 Elephant 

 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 



