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This is the largeft of the Hawk Moths that inhabits Great Britain, 

 except Sphinx Ugujlri and Sphinx Atropos. It is rarely taken in this 

 country ; the curious in Englifh Infers have them from Germany, 

 where the fpecies is more common than with us. 



A beautiful variety (as it is fuppofed] of this Infecl is found in 

 North America : the wings are more richly varied with different 

 fhades of brown than the former; the pofterior wings are of a 

 fine rofe-colour. It has all the charafteriftic marks of Sphinx 

 Convolvuli, or we mould hefitate to admit it as the fame fpecies. 

 We received it from Mr. Abbot, in whofe folio work it is alfo 

 figured ; he found it on the Wild Vine. Mr. Drury had the fame 

 rariety fent to him from St. Chriftopher's. 



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