NOCTUBNI. 



is remarkably long, quite as long as the body. 

 Caterpillar smooth, generally green, with seven 

 oblique black stripes on each side ; each black 

 stripe is bordered with a whitish stripe : the 

 head and the horn above the tail yellowish ; 

 sometimes the caterpillar is brown, with the 

 back and oblique stripes much darker : it is 

 said to feed on the bind-weed. The chrysalis 

 is smooth^ and the long trunk is projected in 



front like a great beak. Aljthough the per- 

 fect insect is by no means uncommon, we 

 have never seen the caterpillar or chrysalis, 

 and have copied our description from a very 

 useful German work called the "Butterfly 

 Book," by F. Berge. The Moth flies in Sep- 

 tember. (The scientific name is Sphinx Con- 

 volvuli.) 



G. The Privet Hawk-Moth (taphinx Liyustrt). 



G. THE PRIVET HAWK-MOTH. Fore wings 

 brown, clouded lengthwise with darker shades: 

 hind wings pink, with three black bands ; body 

 with a broad brown, stripe down the back and 

 a black line in the centre ; the sides beauti- 

 fully marked with pink and black alternately. 

 Caterpillar very smooth, delicate green, with 

 seven oblique stripes on each side ; that por- 

 tion of the stripes near to the head is of a 



delicate purple, and that portion nearest the 

 tail of an equally delicate Avhitc ; the horn is 

 black at the tip and on the upper side, but 

 yellow at the base beneath : it feeds on lilac, 

 privet, and several other plants. The chrysalis 

 is smooth, and has a beak in front. The per- 

 fect insect appears about Midsummer; the 

 caterpillar in August and September. (The 

 scientific Ramc is Sphinx Ligustri.} 



7. The Spurge Ilawlf-'Moth (Ihilplila 



7. THE SPURGE HAWK-MOTH. Fore wings 

 grey, with an almost square olive-brown 

 blotch ; at the base another olive-brown 



blotch near the middle, and a long oblique 

 band of the same colour, commencing in a 

 point at the extreme ape* of the wing, and 



