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THE LIME HAWK MOTH, 
Sphinv Tilia. 
PLATE XXIII. 
Sphinx Tilie, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 797.—Merian’s Ins, 
ii. p. 80, No, 2.—Donovan’s Brit. Ins. x. p. 3, pl. 325. 
—Smerinthus Tiliw, Latreille. 
Tur antenne are thickest in the middle; the 
wings are angulated, the superior ones of a fine 
rose colour, with two square patches of green on 
each, and a broad band of green at their exterior 
sides, and margined with crimson ; the thorax and 
abdomen are also green, and a yellowish triangular 
patch on the back ; the lower wings are of a rich 
yellowish brown, margined with crimson. The 
wings of the male are two inches and one-sixth to 
one inch and two-thirds; the female is from two 
inches and a third to three inches; they are some- 
what three-lobed in form. 
The caterpillar is emerald green, and solitary in 
its habits; the segments banded, spotted with 
crimson and yellow, and thickly covered with 
punctured white dots. It feeds on the lime-tree, 
alder, elm, oak, and birch, and changes in Sep- 
tember to the pupa state, and remains in that 
