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The caterpillar is dull greyish green, with a row of 
large pale yellow round spots, each in a black rim, along 
the sides, smaller towards the head, and a red streak 
along the back. The tail bright red. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is from 
the middle of August to the middle of September— 
August 26, September 20. One was taken in a garden 
at Falmouth, January 5th, 1863. 
The caterpillar feeds on the yellow bed-straw (Galium 
verum) and the fuchsia. 
DEILEPHILA LIVORNICA. 
LINED HAWK-MOTH. STRIPED HAWK-MOTH. 
RAYED HAWK-MOTH. 
Plate III. Figure 3. 
This insect measures three inches and a quarter, or a 
little over, across. Male: front wings dark olive green, 
with a pale streak from the lower side to the top. Hind 
wings rose red, whitish within to the lower corner, and 
paler outside the marginal band; the base with a large 
indented black patch and a narrow distinct line following 
the margin. The veins of the wings show distinctly white. 
Localities for this species are Doncaster, Kingsbridge, 
Birkenhead, Arundel, Brighton, Pennance near Falmouth, 
Exeter, Land’s End, Cork, Tremeri, Freshwater and Bem- 
bridge in the Isle of Wight, St. Leonard’s-on-the-Sea, 
Lewisham, Herne Hill, Worthing, Deal, Plymouth, West- 
bourne, Colchester, Torquay, Barnsley, Leicester, Lewes, 
Manchester, Preston, Glasgow, Hammersmith, Penzance, 
Pendarves, Ventnor, Langport, Carlisle, and Bristol. One 
was taken in London. 
The dates of the appearance of the perfect insect are 
in the months of August and September, also in April, 
May, and June—April 16, 29, May 2, 4, 6, 12, 13, 14, 
15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 25. 
