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Insect Pests. 



grecD, sometimes liluisli-greeD, at others briglit apjjle-green, minutely 

 dotted with white and with eight white or pale yellow diagonal bars 

 on each side, bordered above with darker colour ; the tail is light 

 blue, the apex being deep green, reddish-brown or black, rarely 

 uniform blue; the spiracles are yellowish-white, edged witli brown. 



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FIC. I.-THIO EYEl, HAWK MuTII (SuH-rhM,,. ocdiatnt. Linn.) 

 Ailnlt, larva ami luijia. 



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ihe length of larval life is about six weeks. They tlien enter the 

 soil and make a cavity about 2 inches deep. The pntia is deep 

 brown, and measures often 1-^/ inch ; in tliis stage the 

 remains througliout tlie winter iind spring. 



Eyed Hawk 



