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 TAB. XXVI. 



SPHINX MT OPS. 



VrKLOW-lNDKKWING EYED HAWK-MOTH. 



PRUNUS I'IRGIXIAXjI* LISSJ 



AMERICAN DJKD*GUK2EY. 



5* alU anguUtii: primonbut aptec angntoquc portico macula ftm; poflicu ihvti ocetlo 



orruko epuptllato. 



Tin* Is a very rare fpecics. The caterpillar was taken feeding on the wild cherry, 

 and buried itfclf June 12th. II came oul the rd of July, Another went into the 

 ground Odober 27* and the moth appeared in May. 



Mr. Dain* ^//j/jii^/wj//^/, mentioned iu the Uft {>3£t t hxi iu fore wing* angulatod 

 very much tike this but the marking* of the two, and cfpecially in their poflcrtor edge, we 

 very dilimcl; neither do their hind wing* agree in colour, 1 1 i * A"- sf/Sj**if t /j£*20. f.*2 r J^rcr* 

 with our me/* m the hind wings but ll*c fore one* arc widdy different hi form and colour. 

 It appear* tlicrr are many ipecics of Sfteo with eyed fpot» on the hind win^t, which lute 

 not hitherto been dcfcriticd by fyAeinitic author*. 



It may not he amit* to remark here how much left difference there 1* in thh genu* between 

 the catcrpUUn of fpceie* neatly allied, than in the genu* P*tfjJio. 











