178 BUTTERFLIES. CREPUSCULARIA, OR HAWK-MOTHS. 



the most beautiful of the British Butterflies ; such as the Pea- 

 cock (Fig. 403), the Painted Lady, the Camberwell Beauty, the 

 Red Admiral, the Tortoise-shell, and others. The subdivisions 



FIG. 403. PEACOCK BUTTERFLY. 



of this Section bear so strong a resemblance to each other in 

 structure and habits, that it is not requisite to describe them 

 more minutely. 



707. Section II. The CREPUSCULARIA, or Hawk-Moths, 

 correspond with the Linnaean genus Sphinx; which derives its name 



FIG. 404. SPHINX OF THB VINE. 



from the peculiar attitudes, resembling that of the sculptured 

 Sphinx of antiquity, into which the larva sometimes throws 

 itself (Fig. 397, 2 ) Although the Lepidoptera arranged under 



