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TAB- XXX, 



SPHINX LVOVBRIS. 



FAN-TAILED BAWK-MOTH- 



VITIS QUISQUEFOLIA. JU$$. CEX l6r. 

 HEDEKA QUINQUEFOLM. LINK 



YtftQlNMN u:iiriii 



S, ali* angulati* fcrniglnco-fufc** puacro futocdlari. 



Taken feeding on the Virginian Creeper. It went inlo the ground Auguil td P and 

 the fly tame qui September i :th, 'I*hc tail of the mate lprcad* like :i fan* 



ThU i* a ray rare -[>c«tc*. One WW caught in the evening on a gourd Murium. 

 1 r tlew exceedingly fivift, making a noifc like a humble- bee. 



Linnaru* deltribea the fpOt on tlic fore wing* a* black, and it it (o in hi* fncclmcn, which 

 i* a male, a* well a* in Mr. IJrary ** figure, which fcerirt to he taken from a Ivmilc. A* Mr* 

 Abbot'* drawing rcprcscntl the \\*x uf a psjcr hue in the female, we have ventured to change 

 the Linn:raii definition from fttfUfr atn to fith&rifari* 



Ai to llie plxnt on which this moth feed*, we arc confident from accurate examination 

 that M. dc Juflieu has properly removed it from tlfJtrj to tltii, bom on account of it* habit 

 and truclificaiion. It* boric*, reprclcn.cd on the annexed plate* arc never produced in 

 Gnslanc]. thouirh the plant itielf thrives with its in any fitui.ion* even in llie tbickeft (mofcc 

 of I.*.-ll .Il-;i 



