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spots prolong these stripes. The stigmata are orange, the head 



Fiv r . 190. Larva of the Privet Hawk-Moth (fy/iitix ligustri). 



is green bordered with black. The extremity of the body is sur- 

 mounted by a smooth horn, black above, yellow below (Fig. 190). 



Fig. 191. Pupa of Sphinx ligustri. 



This beautiful caterpillar is not rare. It lives on a great number 

 of trees and shrubs, but it is principally on the privet, the lilac, 

 and the ash tree, that it must be looked for. Three or four 

 days before it buries itself in the earth to change itself into a 

 chrysalis, its beautiful colours grow dim. During the months of 

 June and September is found the Convolvulus Sphinx (Sphinx 

 convokuli, Fig. 192), with brown wings, and with the abdomen 

 striped with transverse bands alternately black and red. The cater- 

 pillar of this species, which presents a great number of varieties, 

 lives on many kinds of Convolvuli, but particularly on the field 

 species. It is generally rare here, but occasionally abundant. 

 It is in the genus Acherontia that the moth most known is 



