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abdomen varied with black and white. Caterpillar, speckled 
with white, with a yellowish line on the side; feeds on various 
kinds of bed-straw and dyer’s woad. Chrysalis pale brown. 
Not uncommon. Kent, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Cambridgeshire, 
Yorkshire, Northumberland, Hants. 
SESIA (FaAsricrvs). 
Tur Drone Bre Hawk (Sesia Fuciformis, StRPHENS) appears 
the end of May and beginning of June. Wings one inch two 
thirds to three fourths; olive brown ; the abdomen tawny, witha 
broad black band; the margin of the wings light brown. Ca- 
terpillar feeds on the devil’s bit scabious. Chrysalis brown. 
Very rare. Near London, Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Hants. 
Tas Bee Fry HAwk (S. Bombyliformis, SreeHENs) appears 
the end of May. Wings one inch two thirds to five sixths; green- 
ish yellow, with a band and broad margin blackish purple; the 
abdomen greenish yellow. Caterpillar, green, with a yellow 
stripe on the sides and back, horn straight and reddish brown ; 
feeds on the honeysuckle and bed-straw. Chrysalis dusky brown; 
with yellowish streaks. Not common. Surrey, Kent, Essex, 
Hants, Yorkshire. 
Tue Cimpex Hawk (S. Cimbiciformis, StgpHENS) indigenous 
to North America, and doubtful as British. 
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ZEGERIID AD (STEPHENS). 
TROCHILIUM (Scoront). 
Tas Bee HAwk (Trochilium Apiformis, STEPHENS) appears 
the end of June. Wings one inch seven-twelfths to five-sixths ; 
brownish, with the margins and nervures brown; head yellow ; 
thorax black, with four yellow spots; abdomen yellow, with the 
second and fourth rings black, Caterpillar, whitish, head brown, 
feeds on the trunk and boughs of the poplar and aspen. Chry- 
id brown, the segments fringed. Not common, Essex, 
urrey. 
Tuk Horner Hawk (Tr. Crabroniformis, SteruENS) appears 
in July, Wings one inch one-half to two-thirds; iron red, head 
black ; thorax brown, with a dull yellow spot on each side, with 
& narrow yellow collar; abdomen yellow, and with two black 
Tings. Caterpillar, whitish, with a brown spot on several of the 
rings near the legs; feeds under the bark of the sallow. Chry- 
salis brown, the rings fringed. Not very common. Kent, Nor. 
thumberland. e 
A®GERIA (Fasricius). 
Tue Breeze HAwk (Algeria Asiliformis, LeAcn) appears in 
June. Wings eleven-twelfths to one inch one-fourth; first pair 
tawny; second pair brown; abdomen brown, with three yellow 
belts. Rare. Near London, Kent. 
Tne Senex Hawk (22. Sphegiformis, FAnricrus) appears in 
July. Wings one inch; dusky, with the margins, a posterior 
