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minates in a horn, black at the tip. The hind 

 wings of the moth are pinkish, with three black 

 bands on them. You may see by the comparative 

 length of the wings, and their swallow-like shape, 

 that all the hawk-moths are capable of rapid and 

 long-sustained flight. Some of them, as the Con- 

 Figs. 11 a, 114, 115. 



Small Eggar Moth, Caterpillar, and Cocoou. 



volvulus hawk-moth (Sphinx convolvult), and the 

 Silver-striped hawk-moth, are especially so. Both 

 the latter carry their long proboscis coiled up like 

 that of a butterfly. 



Let us turn to less beautiful, but not less in- 

 teresting species of this family. As you walk along 

 the lanes, especially during a very hot summer, you 



