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caterpillar of this remarkable Lepidopteron (Fig. 179) is of a pale 
green, with eight transversal rows of small white dots and four 
longitudinal rows, of which two are white and two yellowish. It 

Fig. 180.—Pupa of Macroelossa stellatarum. 
has a dark blue horn, with an orange-coloured tip. It lives on 
different species of bedstraw, but by preference on the Galium 
mollugo. Before its metamorphosis, it encloses itself in a shape- 
less cocoon, made of the débris of leaves held together by threads, 
and placed on the surface of the ground. The pupa (Fig. 180) is 
of a light grey, sprinkled over with brown dots, and striped with 
black. Its skin is so thin and transparent that one can follow it 
through all the phases of transformation to the imago. 
The genus Deilephila is composed of species whose flight is 
rapid, and after sunset. Such are the Deilephila euphorbie, the 
Oleander Hawk-Moth (Deilephila (Cherocampa) nerii), and the 
large Elephant Hawk-Moth (Deilephila (Cherocampa) elpenor). 
The Deilephila euphorbie (Fig. 181) has the upper wings of a 
reddish grey, with three 
spots of greenish or olive 
colour along the costa, or 
front margin, and abroad, 
black, oblique band along 
the hind margin. The 
lower wings are red with 
the base black, and a 
transverse black band 
towards the edge; they 
have, moreover, a large 
round white spot on the 
inside. Beneath the wings are red, as also is the body, which is 

Fig. 181.—Deilephila euphorbiz. 
