68 THE CONVOLVULUS SPHINX. 



European kind ; the posterior wings are of a fine 

 rose colour. 



The caterpillars are of two colours ; the one green, 

 with stripes of yellow and spots of black ; the other 

 brown, with ochre coloured stripes, and sides of the 

 same, and the horn dingy ; it feeds on the greater 

 and lesser bind- weed. Abbot figures a caterpillar 

 of this insect, with a rose coloured seam on the side. 

 It is four inches in length ; the pupa measures two 

 inches, and is of a reddish brown colour. It is 

 rather rare, and is found to inhabit Caithness in 

 Scotland, York, South Wales, Cambridge, Cumber* 

 land, Surrey, Middlesex, Cornwall, and Kent. 



