LARGE ELEPHANT MOTH. 
The Linnasan name of this grand and beau- 
tiful English Moth, isElpenor: Moses-Harris, 
and other British Aurelians, call it the Large 
Elephant Moth. 
1 It is one of the larger species of English 
Moths; and the biggest of the Elephant genus 
in this country, the expansion of the wings 
being full three inches. 
The superior wings? which are a fine olive, 
bordered with rose-colour, have two bars 
crossing the wings, and ending in sharp points 
near the tips. * 
The inferior wings are a fine black near the 
upper wings, edged with rose-colour. 
The thorax, and abdomen, are of the same 
colour, beautifully marked. 
The Caterpillar of the Large Elephant 
Moth feeds on Ladies Bedstraw: and, accord- 
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