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The caterpillar is dull green or yellowish, with a 
streak of white, and many small dots of the same, and 
two large eye-like dots on each side. 
The caterpillar feeds on the oleander (Nerium oleander) 
and had also been found on the periwinkle and the potato. 
Very few cabinets possess authentic specimens of this 
fine and conspicuous moth. 
MACROGLOSSA STELLATARUM. 
HUMMING-BIRD HAWK-MOTII. 
Plate V. Figure 1. 
This insect measures from a little under two inches to 
two in extent. Male: front wings dark brownish black, 
with a black dot in the centre* and two black waved lines 
across, and the trace of a third outside. Hind wings fine, 
though dull orange tawny, the base blackish brown, the 
margin deep purple orange lined with black, deepest towards 
the outer corner, the extreme edge pale orange yellow. 
Localities for this species are York, Scarborough Castle, 
Sutton-on-Derwent, Sand Hutton, Shrewsbury, Worthing, 
Darlington, Epping, Teignmouth, Kingsbury, Lewes, Bir¬ 
kenhead, Bristol, Charmouth, Lyme-Begis, Preston, Lower 
Guiting, Burton-on-Trent, Dorchester, Tenterden, Halton, 
Wavendon, Truro, Dover, Manchester, Faversham, Derby, 
Duddingston, Bisterne, Morningside, Sudbury, Newhaven, 
Falmouth, Dorking, Isle of Wight, Bognor, Ilfracombe, Isle 
of Man, Barnstaple, Selby, Brighton, Stowmarket, Exeter, 
Humberstone, Lyndhurst, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Bams- 
gate, Huddersfield, Plymouth, and Nunburnholme. 
The situations where it is found are chiefly in gardens, 
hovering over flowers, the jessamine, lilac, &c. 
The dates of the appearance of the perfect insect are 
in May, June, July, September, and October—July 29. 
The caterpillar is green with white dots, a white line 
along the side on the upper part, and a yellowish white 
