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The caterpillar is of a very clear green colour, with 
seven white slanting streaks bordered with lilac on the 
upper edges and the sides; the tail is black, except part 
of the lower side, which is yellow. 
The dates of the appearance of the caterpillar are in the 
months of July, August, and September—July 18, August 
20, September 12, 17. 
The caterpillar feeds on the privet, guelder rose, hop, 
ash, laurustinus, lilac, and holly. 
It sometimes remains in the chrysalis state for two or 
three years. 
DEILEPIIILA EUPHORBIAS. 
SPOTTED HAWK-MOTH. 
Plate III. Figure 1. 
This insect measures from two inches and a quarter 
to nearly two and three quarters in extent. Male: front 
wings light greenish grey, white at the base from the down 
of the body, followed by an olive-green waved short bar, 
this by a smaller one, and this by a third still smaller mark, 
all three united by a line of the same colour which runs 
along the upper margin of the wing. Hind wings clear 
rose red, white at the lower corner, the base black, and a 
narrow black line of variable width following the outer 
margin a little within it; outside the line the pink is 
much paler. 
Localities for this species are Treworles near Falmouth, 
Worcester, Boxhill, Taunton, Isle of Wight, Coventry, 
Scarborough, Braunton Burrows near Bideford, and Barn¬ 
staple, and Formby near Liverpool. 
The situations where it is found are sandy places on 
the coast. 
The date of the appearance of the perfect insect is June. 
The caterpillar is black, interrupted with red and dark 
bands, in the former colour a double row of pale yellow . 
spots along the sides, the upper much larger than the lower, 
