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ELEPHANT HAWK-MOTH. 
Melopsihts Elpenor. 
PLATE XI. Fig. 1. 
Spliiivx Elpenor, Linn.; Doncmm, iv. PI. 122. — Deileph Elpe- 
nor, Curtis, Elephant, ffarris’ Aurel. PI. vil — 
The Lady’s-beitraw or Elephant-moth, WUkes, 26. 
In this species the ■wings expand from two inches 
to two and three-quarters ; the upper pair olive- 
brown inclining to olive-green, with the anterior 
edge, two oblique bands (the first abbreviated), and 
the hinder margin rose-red tinged with purple and 
somewhat shining ; the posterior edge is white, anc 
there is a minute dot of that colour on the disk of 
each. The liinder wings are dusky at the base and 
reddish-purple posteriorly, the fringe pure white, 
that of the anterior ■\vings being red. The body is 
olivaceous above, with numerous stripes of deep 
rose-colour ; one over each eye, four curved ones 
on the thorax, and another do-wn the back of 
the abdomen ; the sides of the latter and the belly 
are likewise rose-red with a series of whitish spots 
on each side of the segments. On each side of the 
abdomen, towards the origin of the secondary -wings 
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