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EYED HAWK-MOTH. 
obtained by settling on flowers. The body of the 
lan'a is granulated or covered with small prominent 
points, and the anal segment bears a pointed horn 
which is almost straight. The contour of the head 
forms a curvilinear triangle, and is not rounded as 
in the true Sphinx. Perhaps the most beautiful 
of the three species inhabiting Britain is that 
named the Eyed Hawk-moth. The male expands 
about two inches and a-half, and the female often 
exceeds those dimensions by an inch. The anterior 
wings, which are very acute at the apex, are grey, 
tinged with rose-colour, and variegated with brown 
and dusky clouds and waved streaks ; the centre with 
a pale curved transverse streak. The posterior wings 
are carmine-red, with the anterior margin entirely 
grey, and the hinder one tinged with that colour ; 
the anal angle bearing a large ocellus with a blue 
iris, and large bluish-brown pupil, placed in a patch 
of deep black, which emits a stripe in the direction 
of tlie anal angle. The head and thorax are nearly 
of the same slrade of colour as the surface of the 
upper wings, the latter with a deep brown mark on 
the back ; the abdomen brownish-grey. 
The caterpillar is of a fine green on the back, 
the sides and belly tinged with blue. Most of the 
segments are ornamented with a white oblique 
stripe on the sides ; the stigmata are white, circum- 
scribed by a brown line; the membraneous legs 
rose-colour, and the head bordered with yellow. It 
feeds on various trees, such as the willow, poplar 
end apple. 
