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SPHINX. 
half from wings end to wings end: the upper 
wings are of a brown colour, most elegantly varied 
or shaded with deeper and lighter streaks and 
patches; the under wings and body are of a fine 
rose-colour, barred with transverse black stripes. 
The caterpillar, which is very large, is smooth, 
and of a fine green, with seven oblique purple 
and white stripes along each side : at the extremity 
of the body, or top of the last joint, is a horn or 
process pointing backwards. This beautiful cater- 
pillar is often found in the months of July and 
August feeding on the Privet, the Lilac, the Pop- 
lar, and some other trees, and generally changes 
to a chrysalis in August or September, retiring 
for that purpose to a considerable depth beneath 
the surface of the ground, and, after casting its 
skin, continuing during the whole winter in a 
dormant state, the Sphinx emerging from it in the 
succeeding June. 
Sphinx Ocellata is perhaps still more beautiful; 
it is a rather smaller insect than the preceding, 
and has the upper wings and body brown, the 
former finely clouded with different shades, while 
the lower wings are of a bright rose-colour, each 
marked with a large ocellated black spot with a 
blue interior circle and a black centre. This in- 
sect proceeds from a green caterpillar of a rough 
or shagreen-like surface, marked on each side by 
seven oblique yellowish-white streaks, and fur- 
nished, like the preceding, with a horn at the tail. 
It is principally found on the Willow; retires 
under ground, in order to undergo its change 
