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one along the lower part. The tail dull blue, its tip 
yellowish. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is August 
and September. 
The caterpillar feeds on the white bed-straw (Galium 
mollugo). 
MACROGLOSSA FUCIFOEMIS. 
BROAD-BORDERED BEE HAWK-MOTH. 
Plate V. Figure 2. 
This bee-like looking insect measures from one inch and 
three quarters to a little over in width. Front wings black; 
with a tinge of deep green along the front margin. Hind 
wings black, with a tinge of deep green at the base; the 
outside margin rather broad and very deep rich red brown 
—the central spot the same colour. All the wings are 
quite transparent, and most beautifully marked with very 
distinct lines. 
Localities for this species are Stowmarket, Linwood near 
Market Easen, Exeter, Epping, Oxford, Blandford, Lewes, 
ITalton, Winchester, Falmouth, Lyndhurst, Brighton, Box 
Hill, West Wickham, Shooter’s Hill, Sevenoaks, Leicester, 
Thetford, Worcester, Langwith near York. 
The situations where it is found are open places in 
and near woods. 
The date of the appearance of the perfect insect is 
in May and June—June 25. 
The caterpillar is pale green, with lines of yellow on 
the back and the sides, which sometimes are spotted 
with red; the tail orange reddish brown. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July. 
The caterpillar feeds on the honeysuckle. 
The moth flies in the sunshine, and hovers about the 
blossoms of the lousewort and the harebell. It is hardly . 
to be discerned from a humble bee, darting with great 
velocity in its flight: chase is almost useless. 
