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TAB. XXVIII. 



SPHINX PA MP IN A TRIX. 



WILD-GRAPE HAWK. MOTEL 



VIT1S LABRUSCA. /WjV.Y. 



OOWSY-LEAVED VlKK. 



S. alii fubangulati*: pcimoribm fufcia ftrigU fub iriUii iwntfoquc oliracei*: poAicii tcttaccii 



tfUnVjm. £WJ>f. /.M7./CP 



FftRn* on the different Ipecies of wild grapes It (pun up in a thin web on lite 

 leave* July oth, and came out the 2(Ith: another which (pun the 6th of SejHemucr 

 did not appear on the wing till April ijttli. Thii is not a common fpeetc*. 



TW* may poffibly be the Mj ™ of Cramer, whkh he fay* comes from Virginia, but the 

 proportion* of hU figure are considerably diflerrnt from ours noc hi\ be rrprdented the dot 

 on the fore wing** Wljcihcr this and the preceding be the inklU of that author which wo 

 have referred to or not, they certainly are terr nearly allied to them, and we gladly profit of 

 hb judicious hint to place ihem in the firrt limuran division of tticir gemts after the ocel- 

 latcd fpecic*, to which, though their wing* be not detiuted, and only flighily angiiUtcd, they 

 arc mofi naturally allied. They have the fame kind of ihort thick body and Ihort trunk; and 

 the rHemblancc of the caterpillar*, which Cramer coold not know, confirm* hU opinion, In 

 ihc ftudy of Nature the mind mould always keep natural arflnitica in view, and make aniti- 

 cii] arrangement, a.* far ai it conveniently can, give way to them : till at length a greater 

 aflVmbbgc of object*, truly allied to each oilier, and conm!ercd upon a large fcale, tnay help 

 U* to detect more certain and comprehcn£rc artificial charjc3en» Thi» i* not very difficult 

 to be accompumed within foch limit* a* the fpceira of one genu*, though too many modern 

 prtclical naturaiiAa, and all compiling one*, place fpceieaa* if no idea of natural affinilk* 

 ever ciiry acioit ifce>r tmndr. 



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