NARROW-BORDERED BEE HAWK-MOTH. 
Sesta Bonih^H/ormis, 
PLATE XII. Fig. 4. 
Seeia Bombyliformis, Fair, ; ffatcorth's Lep. Brit. p. G8.~ 
Curtis' B, E. i. 40.-~Sesia Fucifoimis, Stephens' Ulus . — 
Sphinx Fuciformis, Ochsen. 
In this species, which is about the same size as 
the foregoing, the body is tawny-olive inclining to 
green, the second and third segments of the abdo- 
men nearly black, and the two following bright 
orange, the anal tuft black at the sides and orange 
in the middle. The 'wings are narrowly edged with 
dark-brcmi, the rest of the surface 'vitreous and 
transparent, the anterior pair ■without any discoi- 
dal streak. The antennm are glossed with blue. 
When young, the caterpillars have a few branched 
spines on each segment, but as they increase in 
size these disappear. The colour varies much, but 
is most commonly green, with a pale line on each 
side surmounted by a purple one ; and most of the 
segments have an obhque purple stripe over the 
stigmata. It feeds on the devil’s-bit scabious C Sca- 
hiom mccka ) and some other plants. It is a rare 
