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LIME HAWK-MOTH. 
Smerinihus TUub. 
PLATE IV. Fig. 1. 
Si'hinx TUiir, Linn . ; Donman, x. Ph 325. — Olive Shades, oi 
■■ Lime Hawk-moth, Wilkes, Pi. 23. — Lime Hawk-moth, 
Harris' Aurd. PI. 20. 
A VERY variable insect both in colour and the form 
of the markings : the anterior tvings are usually 
gi-ejish, with an interrupted band of olive-green or 
olive-brown in the middle, formed by two spots, of 
which the anterior one is the largest ; the outer 
mai'gin has a broad band of the same colour, edged 
externally with ferruginous, and having a w'hite 
mark at the tip of the wing. The lunder wings 
are grey, with an ill-defined brown band running 
obliquely from the anterior edge to the anal angle, 
where the colour deepens and sometimes becomes 
greenish. The thorax is marked with three longi- 
tudinal bands of ohve green which unite in front, 
and the abdomen generally has a green tinge. — The 
colour of the surface is occasionally obscure red, 
5vith the outer extremity of the anterior wings and 
the central spots deep rust-red : at other times the 
