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of June and September is found the Convolvulus Sphinx {Sphinx 

 convolviili, Fig. 192), with brown wings, and with the abdomen striped 



Fig. 190.— Larva of the Privet Hawk-Moth {Sphinx ligvstrt). 



with transverse bands alternately black and red. The caterpillar of 

 this species, which presents a great number of varieties, lives on many 



Fig. 191.— Pupa of Sphinx ligustri. 



kinds of CoftvolviiH, but particularly on the field species. It is gene- 

 rally rare in Great Britain, but occasionally abundant. 



It is to the genus Acherontia that a well-known moth belongs. 

 We refer to the Death's-head Moth {Acherontia atropos). It is the 

 largest species of hawk-moth. This insect presents, roughly marked 

 out in light yellow, on the black ground of its thorax, a human skull. 



