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THE CONVOLVULUS SPHINX, 
Sphina Convolvuli,—Brirain, 
PLATE XX, 
Sphinx Convolyuli, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p- 798, Note.— 
Cramer Desc. des Pap. iii. p. 19. t. 225, fig. »,—Dono. 
van's Brit. Ins. vii, p. 31, pl. 228, 
Tue antenne are thickest in the middle; the 
wings are entire, varying in the male from four 
inches and one-third to four and a half inches ; and 
in the female from four inches and a half to two- 
thirds ; deflexed when at rest; they are of a pale 
brownish yellow, beautifully clouded and streaked 
with zigzag markings of blackish brown; the 
lower wings with zigzag transverse bands. The 
head is ash coloured ; the thorax ashy brown, with 
indistinct dark lines; abdomen with transverse 
fillets of alternate black and pink. 
This is the largest species of Hawk Moth which 
inhabits Great Britain, with the exception of the 
Sphina Ligustri and the Sphinx Atropos. It is 
rarely taken in this country, but is common in 
Germany. 
A beautiful variety of this insect is found in 
North America; the wings are more richly varied 
with different shades of bright brown than the 
