An illustration from <i>British Entomology</i> by John Curtis. name Lepidoptera: <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sesia_bombyliformis&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Sesia bombyliformis (page does not exist)">Sesia bombyliformis</a></i> or <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hemaris_tityus" title="Hemaris tityus">Hemaris tityus</a></i> (~bombyliformis: Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk).The plant is <i>Succisa pratensis</i> (Scabiosa succisa, Devil’s-bit Scabious)
John Curtis
1820s <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1820-00-00T00:00:00Z/8</div>
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