Lepidoptera of Devon and Cornwall. 93 
58. S. Populi, Lin. 
Sphinx Populi, Lin. Sys. Nat. ii, 797. 
Smerinthus Populi, Steph. Illust. Haust. i. 112. — West. & Hum. Brit. 
Moth. L 7, pi. i, fig. 4-6.— Staint. Man. i. 87. 
Commonly distributed and abundant. Often taken at suburban 
gas lamps ; attracted thither by light. 
App. — May, June, and July. 
"Generally double-brooded," G. F. M. 
59. S. Tiliae, Lin. 
Sphinx Tilice, Lin. Sys. Nat. ii. 797. 
SmeHnthus Tilice, Wood. Ind. Ent. t. 4, fig. 8.— West. & Hum. Brit. 
Moth. i. 8, pi. 2, fig. 7-9.— Staint. Man. i. 87. 
Abundant at Crediton ; but rare in the Plymouth district. 
App. — May, June, and July. 
ioc— Crediton, G. F. M. ; Exeter, E. P.; Torquay, Dr. B.; 
Plymouth, Mr. J. S. Dell. 
Gen. ACKZSaONTXA, Och. 
60. A. Atropos, Lin. 
Sphinx Atropos, Lin. Sys. Nat. ii.' 799. 
Brachyglossa Atropos, Boisduval I. M. 33. 
Acherontia Atropos, Wood. Ind. Ent. t. 4, fig. 10. — West. & Hum. Brit. 
Moth. i. 9, pi. 2.— Staint. Man. i. 88. 
Not unfrequent during some seasons. 
Ajy). — Imago, Sep. and Oct. ; larva and pupa, Aug. and Sept. 
Log. — Plymouth ; Plympton ; Ivybridge ; Totnes ; Dartmouth ; 
Kingsbridge ; Bovisand ; Turnchapel ; Millbrook ; Saltash ; Beer- 
ferris ; Liskeard ; Truro ; — Axminster, Z. J. E. ; Barnstaple, 
G. F. M.; Topsham, E. P. ; Torquay, R. B. R. ; Falmouth, 
Faun. Fal. 
The imago is, at times, captured in country cottages ; it being 
attracted therein by light. The most successful way of obtaining 
specimens of this (the largest European) moth is, by seeking in 
fields of potatoes for the larva and pupa. 
Gen. SPHINX, Auct. 
61. S. Convolvull, Lin. 
Sphinx Convolvuli, Lin. Sys. Nat. ii. 798. — Wood. Ind. Ent, pi. 4, fig. 11. 
—West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. pi. 3, fig. 1-3.— Staint. Man. i. 89. 
