THE PINE SPHINX. 



Sphinx Pinastri. 



PLATE ixvn. 



Sphinx Pinastri, Linn. S>/sl. Nat. ii. p. 002 — Turton^s 

 Linne iii. p. 172 Donovan's Brit. Ins. be. pi. 296. 



The superior wings of the Sphinx Pinastri are of 

 a pale greenish purple, with three black spots towards 

 their centre ; the under wings are burnt umber- 

 brown ; all of them have a border of black and white 

 spots ; the head, thorax, and abdomen, arc the same 

 colour as the upper wings, banded with brownish 

 black. 



The caterpillar has an orange yellow head ; tlie 

 body is covered with alternate longitudinal stripes 

 of deep gi'ecn and yellow ; along the centre of the 

 back it is white, in the middle of which extends, 

 from the head to the tail, a catenated line of rich red- 

 dish brown ; and the tail is furnished with a spike. 



The pupa is of a deep reddish brown. We have 

 placed it as a British insect, from a traditionary 

 report that it has been found in Scotland, near to 

 Edinburgh, and it is said also to have been found 

 in Sussex. It is a very plentiful species in Germany, 

 among the extensive pine forests which intersect 

 that country. 



