68 THE CONVOLVULUS SPHINX. 
European kind; the posterior wings are of a fine 
rose colour. 
The caterpillars are of two colours ; the one green, 
with stripes of yellow and spots of black ; the other 
brown, with ochre coloured stripes, and sides of the 
same, and the horn dingy; it feeds on the greater 
and lesser bind-weed. Abbot figures a caterpillar 
of this insect, with a rose coloured seam on the side. 
It is four inches in length ; the pupa measures two 
inches, and is of a reddish brown colour. It is 
vather rare, and is found to inhabit Caithness in 
Scotland, York, South Wales, Cambridge, Cumber- 
land, Surrey, Middlesex, Cornwall, and Kent, 
