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Stowmarket, Teignmouth, Brighton, Lyndhurst, Waven- 
don, Lower Guiting, Halton, Edinburgh, Burton-on-Trent, 
Bristol, Bisterne, Ealmouth, Ely, Faversham, Dover, Can¬ 
terbury, Ashford, Dartford, Chingford, Sudbury, Hackney, 
Sherwood Forest, Ilfracombe, and Battersea. 
The date of the appearance of the perfect insect is the 
month of June. 
The caterpillar is usually dark grey, mottled with 
blackish, with two large black spots on the sides, within 
which, on the upper part, is a white border surrounding 
a greyish brown spot. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is at the 
end of July and the beginning of August—August 15, 20. 
The caterpillar feeds on the willow-herb (Epilobium 
hirsutum), the bed-straw (Galium pmtense), and also on 
the vine and the fuchsia. 
CH.EROCAMPA NERII. 
OLEANDER HAWK-MOTH. 
Plate V. Figure 4. 
This rare insect (rare at least in this country) measures 
across from four inches and a little over to four and over 
a quarter. Male: front wings grey with a very faint tinge 
of rose-red colour, with several irregular blots or patches 
of clear deep green, these more or less crossed with 
waved white streaks. Hind wings purple grey, brown at 
the base, with a whitish waved line a little beyond the 
middle, the outside margin shaded off into dull green, 
except at the lower corner which is pale coloured. 
Localities for this species are Brighton, the Isle of 
Wight, Barnstaple, Dover, Teignmouth, St. Leonard’s- 
on-the-Sea, Eastbourne, Hastings. 
The situations where it is found are gardens, &c. 
The date of the appearance of the perfect insect is in 
August, September, and October—August 2, Sept. 2, 11. 
