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covered above with greenish hairs. This species is exceedingly 
rare here, but is plentiful on the Continent during the months of 
June and September. 
The larva (Fig. 182) is one of the most remarkable of the genus 
on account of the splendour and the vividness of its colours, and 
appears to be covered with varnish. It has a number of small 
yellow dots very close to each other on a glossy black ground, 

Fig. 182.—Larva of Deilephila euphorbiee. 
which are ranged in circles. On each side of the body are two 
longitudinal rows of spots generally of the same colour as the dots, 
and a narrow band of carmine runs down the middle of the back, 
and a similar band, which is intersected by yellow, is to be seen 
above the legs. This caterpillar is almost always found on the 
Cyprus-leafed spurge. It is found first at the end of June. 
Generally the chrysalis passes through the winter, and the moth 
emerges in the following year. 
The Deilephila (Cherocampa) nerii (Fig. 183), or Oleander 
Hawk-Moth, is a charming species almost peculiar to hot 
countries, where the shrub from which it derives its name grows 
spontaneously—that is to say, in Africa, in the southern parts of 
Asia, in Greece, in Spain, &e. Carried forward by its rapid flight, 
and assisted by atmospheric currents, these beautiful insects some- 
times come accidentally into the countries of central Europe. 
They have been met with many times in Paris, in the garden of 
the Luxembourg, where the Oleander is cultivated under glass. 
But those which are hatched in the environs of Paris never 
reproduce their species, on account of the coldness of the climate. 
Both larva and imago, the former on periwinkle, have occurred 
here. It abounds in the south of France. 
