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with eight transversal rows of small white dots and four longitudinal 
rows, of which two are white and two yellowish. It has a dark blue 
horn, with an orange coloured tip. It lives on different species of 

Fig, 180.—Pupa of Macroglossa stellatarum. 
| bedstraw, but by preference on the Gallium mullugo. Before its 
/ metamorphosis, it encloses itself in a shapeless cocoon, made of the 
| débrig of leaves held together by threads, and placed on the sur- 
face of the ground. The pupa (Fig. 180) 1s of a light grey, 
sprinkled over with brown dots, and striped with black. Its skin 
is so thin and transparent that one can follow it through all the 
phases of transformation to the imago. 
The genus Deilephila is composed of species whose flight 1s 
rapid, and after sunset. Such are the Deilephila euphorbia, the 
Oleander Hawk-moth (Deilephila (Cherocampa) nerii), and the 
large Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila (Cherocampa) elpenor). 
The Deilephila euphorbie (Fig. 181) has the upper wings of a 
reddish grey, with three 
spots of greenish or olive 
colour along the costa, or | 
front margin, and abroad, 
black, oblique band along 
the hind margin. The 
lower wings are red with 
the base black, and a 
transverse black band to- 
wards the base; they have, 
moreover, a large round 
white spot on the inside. 
3eneath the wings are red, 

Fig. 181.—Deilephila euphorbiz. 
as also is the body, which is covered 

