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this grateful food, (the nectar of plants,) as a 

 variety of bees, moths, and butterflies : but the 

 Sphinx convolvulus, or Unicorn-Moth, is fur- 

 nished with the most remarkable proboscis in 

 this climate. It carries it rolled up in concen- 

 tric circles under its chin, and occasionally ex- 

 tends it to above three inches in length. This 

 trunk consists of joints and muscles, and seems 

 to have more versatile movements than the trunk 

 of the elephant; and near its termination is 

 split into two capillary tubes. The excellence 

 of this contrivance for robbing the flowers of 

 their honey keeps this beautiful insect fat and 

 bulky; though it flies only in the evening, when 

 the flowers have closed their petals, and are 

 thence more difficult of access ; at the same time 

 the brilliant colours, of the moth contribute tp 

 its safety, by causing it to be mistaken by the 

 late-sleeping birds for the flower it rests upon. 



CURIOUS PROPERTY IN THE PLANT WHITE 

 DITTANY. 



This plant is a native of Italy and France, 

 but stands well in our gardens. The resin 

 exuding from it is so inflammable, that if a 



