. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . whitespots. Moths are much more numerous thanbutterflies, and there are about 2,000 differentkinds foimd in the British Islands we are able to notice only a few. The have long, pointed SCALE-WINGED INSECTS 319 wings, thick, tapering bodies, and the antennrethickest in the middle. The pink, greenish-striped Elephant Ha\vk-M()tii (see page 718)is a comparati\ely small species. The speci-mens measure about 2\ inches across the species are much larger. The DeathS-HEAD Hawk
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . whitespots. Moths are much more numerous thanbutterflies, and there are about 2,000 differentkinds foimd in the British Islands we are able to notice only a few. The have long, pointed SCALE-WINGED INSECTS 319 wings, thick, tapering bodies, and the antennrethickest in the middle. The pink, greenish-striped Elephant Ha\vk-M()tii (see page 718)is a comparati\ely small species. The speci-mens measure about 2\ inches across the species are much larger. The DeathS-HEAD Hawk-MOTII, whose caterpillar feeds onpotato-leaves, is 5 or 6 inches in expanse; andsome of the South American species measureas much as !) inches. The caterpillars of thehawk-moths are generally green, often withoblique lines of a different colour on the are not hairy, though the skin is some-times rough, and there is a fleshy appendage,called a horn, on the back, just before the of the body. The brown pupae in cells in the ground. The extremityare found.
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