THE CONVOLVULUS SPHINX. 

 Sphinx Convolvuli. BRITAIN. 



PLATE XXII. 



Sphinx Convolvuli, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 798, Note. 

 Cramer Desc. des Pap. iii. p. 19. t. 225. fig. D Dono- 

 van's Brit. Ins. vii. p. 31. pi. 228. 



THE antennae are thickest in the middle; the 

 wings are entire, varying in the male from four 

 inches and one-third to four and a half inches ; and 

 in the female from four inches and a half to two- 

 thirds ; deflexed when at rest ; they are of a pale 

 brownish yellow, beautifully clouded and streaked 

 with zigzag markings of blackish brown ; the 

 lower wings with zigzag transverse bands. The 

 head is ash coloured ; the thorax ashy brown, with 

 indistinct dark lines; abdomen with transverse 

 fillets of alternate black and pink. 



This is the largest species of Hawk Moth which 

 inhabits Great Britain, with the exception of the 

 Sphinx Ligustri and the Sphinx Atropos. It is 

 rarely taken in this country, but is common in 

 Germany. 



A beautiful variety of this insect is found in 

 North America ; the wings are more richly varied 

 with different shades of bright brown than the 



