CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 25 
Drury’s Hawk (Sph. Drurai, Donovan). Supposed to have 
been imported from America, 
Tne Privet HAWK (Sph. Ligustri, Liynmus) appears the end of 
Juneand beginning of July. Wings ofthe male three inches one half 
to four inches one quarter, female four inches one-sixth to five- 
sixths; firstpair ash-coloured, pale at the base, with a broad dingy 
band drawn lengthwise from the inner margin to the tip ; second 
pairrosy, withthree black bands; abdomenpurple, with blackrings, 
interrupted on the back with ash colour, with a line down the back, 
Caterpillar, dingy reddish-green ; feeds on the privet, common 
and Persian lilac, elder, ash, &c. Chrysalis bright reddish-brown, 
with the tip slightly forked. Rather uncommon. Hertfordshire, 
Surrey, Kent, Cambridgeshire, Yorkshire, Cumberland, 
Toe Pine Hawk (Sph. Pinastri, Linnmus) appears in June. 
Wings three inches one-sixth to five-twelfths ; ash colour ; thorax 
with three black lines lengthwise; first pair with three unequal 
black lines in the centre, and a whitish stripe along the sides of 
the corselet and posterior margin; sides of the corselet red, with 
black bands, with a line on the back and three on the belly, all 
black. Caterpillar, light brown, with a dark yellow stripe on the 
sides, head dusky ; neck varied with dusky and brown; seg- 
ments with eight slanting black lines; the horn black, divided 
at the tip; feeds on various species of the pine. Chrysalis grey- 
brown. Rare. Scotland, near Edinburgh; Sussex. 
THk PuEBEIAN HAwx (Sph. plebeia, Pasricius), Said to be 
British on very doubtful authority. 
Tar VARIEGATED Hawk (Sph. pecila, STEPHENS). Said to be 
British on very doubtful authority. 
DEILEPHILA (OcuseNHEIMER). 
Tur Spurcr Hawk (Deilephila Euphorbia, OcuSYNNEIMER) 
appearsthe beginning of June. Wings of the maletwoinchesfive- 
sixths, female three inches one-twelfth ; first pair grey, with a 
broad posterior streak and two spots on the upper edge greenish ; 
the second pair red, with a band and the outer margin black; 
the antennze white; the head white, with a greenish top. Ca- 
terpillar, in its first state quite black, afterwards spotted with red, 
and lastly with a black skin having whitish points; feeds on va- . 
tious kinds of spurge. Chrysalis pale yellowish brown, with 
longish wing-cases. Rare. Devonshire, Warwickshire. 
Toe Mapper Hawk (D. Gallii, LeAcu) appears the begin- 
ning of June. Wings two inches five-sixths to three inches; the 
first pair greenish, with a whitish streak lengthwise; the second 
pair black, with a pale band clouded with red ; the antennee brown, 
with white tips; the back dotted with white. Caterpillur, olive- 
green, with a yellowish line on the back; feeds on the yellow 
one bed-straw, wild madder, and dyer’s madder. Chrysalis 
dark brown. Rare. Near London, Kent, Cornwall, Devonshire. 
THE Srripep HAwk (D. Livornica, Curtis) appears in June, 
Wings three inches one-fourth; the first pair indistinct green, 
With a whitish streak drawn from the base to the tip, obliquely 
