. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. 208 COMMON BBITISH MOTHS. Fici, 100.—The SaiiLL Elephant Hawk Moth. and are smoky black along the costae, and yellow in the anal angle. The body is coloured with bright rose-red, tinged with olive on the foremost and hindmost segments. The popular name of this and the following species has been applied because of the power which the caterpillar has of extending and retract- ing its front segments, a pecu- liarity which has given the idea of a semblance to the elephant's proboscis. The colour of the caterpillar is light-b
. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. 208 COMMON BBITISH MOTHS. Fici, 100.—The SaiiLL Elephant Hawk Moth. and are smoky black along the costae, and yellow in the anal angle. The body is coloured with bright rose-red, tinged with olive on the foremost and hindmost segments. The popular name of this and the following species has been applied because of the power which the caterpillar has of extending and retract- ing its front segments, a pecu- liarity which has given the idea of a semblance to the elephant's proboscis. The colour of the caterpillar is light-brown or green, mottled with dark-brown, dark-green, or black. It has a conspicuous eye- like spot on each side of the fifth and sixth segments, and has no horn. This larva may be foimd in July and August, feeding on species of hedstrfiw {Galium verum, G. MoUiigo,{indG. j^nlustre), willow herb {Epilohium Jiirsutnm), or the purple loosestrife {Lijflinrm Salicaria). The Large Elei^liant (CJicrrocanipa Elpenor) This species (Plate IX, fig. 3) is very similar to the last in form and markings ; but is, as its name implies, larger. The caterpillar, too. is \evy like that of the last species, but may be distinguished from it by the possession of a short black horn, tipped with white, on the ' tail.' Its coloiir is green or brown, mottled and spotted with black. The eye-like spots on its fifth and sixth segments are black, and each contains a brown spot surrounded by a white line. Its chief food plants are the hairy willow herb (Epilobium hirsutum), three species of bedstraw {Galinm verxim, G. MoUugo and G. palustre), the purple loosestrife {Lythrum Salicaria), and the enchanter's nightshade {Circcea hdetiana). It will also feed on the vine and the apple in confinement. The Eyed Hawk {Smeriufhus Orellafus) Our next genus (Smerinthi(s) contains three well-known moths, all of which have the hind margin of the fore wings angulated or Please note that these images are extracted
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