144 TTNtCORN HAWK-MOTH. 



states that it diffuses an odour like that of amber, 

 and that its eyes, on account of their uncommon 

 size, shine in the dark much more brilliantly than 

 those of any other crepuscular or nocturnal insect. 



PINE HAWK-MOTH. 



Sphinx Pinastri. 

 PLATE VII. Fig. 1. - 



Sphinx Pinastri, Linn. ; Donovan^ ix. 296 ; Steph. Illus. Hau*. 

 i. 122. 



IN this species the wings expand about three inches. 

 The upper side of the primary wings is ash-grey, 

 clouded with hrown in the middle of the interior 

 border and near the apex: on the disk of each 

 there are three diverging black streaks, and another 

 somewhat hent at the extremity of the wing. The 

 secondary wings are brownish, inclining to ash- 

 colour, especially at the base. All the wings have 

 the fringe on the posterior border white, spotted at 

 regular intervals with hrown. The thorax is grey 

 on the back, with two dark bands down each side, 

 beyond which the colour is white. The abdomen 

 is ringed alternately with white and black, and has 

 a dorsal stripe of grey, with a black line down the 

 middle. The upper side of the antenna? and most 

 of the under part" are white. 



