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increasing in width towards the base. Six bands of 

 black, broadest near the head, cross the body. The 

 antennae are rather short and thick, tipped with white. 

 The caterpillar measures about four inches in length, 

 and is of a most gorgeous green and yellow colour, 

 alternate transverse bands of these colours running 

 along the sides. It has eight small eyes in a line 

 below the transverse bands, and a horn on its tail. It 

 feeds on the potato, the pupa making a cell for itself 

 underground, and appearing in the largest numbers 

 between May and July ; but as a fresh crop of potatoes 

 is planted every three months in the Canaries, the 

 caterpillars are found in small numbers all the year 

 round. 



When bred in captivity the pupa is delicate, quite 

 five out of ten dying in their cases. 



SPHINX CONVOLVULI or BATATJE. 



This moth is found in England, and all over Europe. 

 It is a large moth, measuring about five inches across 

 the wings. All four wings are of a variegated grey- 



