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head and antennse are white; the thorax olive-green; the 

 body similar, with the sides of the three first segments white ; 

 the whole of the under side rose-colour. The caterpillar is 

 black, with numerous yellowish spots in transverse lines, 

 others red and cream-colour ; the head, a line on the back, 

 and the legs, are red ; it feeds on the Bu^horlia CT/joarissias, 

 cypress-leaved spurge. The moth is rare. 



Deilephila lineata is somewhat similar in colouring, 

 but is rarely found. 



Lepidopteea. Sphingidj:. 



MACEOGLOSSA. 



Generic Distinctions. — Antenna clavate; proboscis of great 

 length ; wings opake ; body having a tuft of scaly hairs at the 

 extremity. 



Macroglossa stellataeum. (Plate XII.) Humming- 

 bird HawJc'Moth. This, the only English specimen of the 

 genus, measures nearly two inches ; the anterior wings are 

 dusky brown, with several transverse bands, the two middle 

 ones being black, with a spot of the same between; hind 

 wings rust-yellow; body of the same colour as the upper 

 wings, variegated with tufts of black and white. The cater- 



