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SPOTTED ELEPHANT HAWK-MOTH. 
DeilepTula Eupharhue. 
PLATE VIII. 
Sphinx Eupliorhite, Linn.; Donovan, iii. PI. 91, 92 Deile- 
phila Euphorbiso, Curtis' Ji. E. i. PI. 3 Spotted Elephant 
Hawk-moth, Harris' Aurelian, PI. 44. 
The primary wings, wHch expand from two and a 
half to nearly three inches, are of a dusky-green 
colour, with a broad irregular rosy fascia running 
obliquely from the hinder margin near the base to 
the apex ; the posterior margin of a similar colour, 
but somewhat dusky; the iimer margin narrowly 
edged tvith white. The under tvings are red, in- 
clining to rose-colour, with a wltite mark on the anal 
angle, the base and a transverse band being black. 
The head and antennae are white, the thorax dusky 
or olive-green on the surface ; the abdomen likewise 
of the latter colour, >\ith the sides of the three first 
segments white, the two next the base with deep 
black spots, the remaining segments narrowly edged 
with white anteriorly at the sides. The whole of 
the imder side is rose-colour, somewhat clouded 
