as 



TAB. XXXII. 



SPHINX CONVOLVVLL 



POTATO E IJAWK-MOTU. 



CONVOLVULUS BATATAS. t/XK 



(WEST POTATOES- 



S. aJU iiiicgrifts pcfiidi n%ro fafciati* marine portico albo rniDflatia, abdominc rubra 



Ctnguta atrk 



S^tei C»nM A*. V* »*- 799. fctf> ^ K t- A 91,/ 4. 



Tin* caterpillar feed* on the. facet potatoe plant P ami i« fometimc* frequent, 

 though the moth ia rare. It- chryfali* i* often dug up with Che potatoes. En Vir- 

 ginia one of theft infect* buried itfrlf October 3o\ ami came forth in its perfect 

 rtate tlie Soth of Mav; in Georgia one wmt into the ground the 20th of Auttutf, 

 aitd came out (be I ltd of September- 



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Wcearmot difcora any material diflinttkion bdnxen tin* and the moth which feed* on 

 phnM of the lame fpam in Europe, and h often feen fluttering about in towm and houfc*, 

 making ai much noifc *.% a bat or fault bird, for both which ii u ortcn ufcrn lir the vulgar. 

 TIjc reddim tinge on the under ttingt of the American one i* the only difference we can fin& $ 

 and U furdy not diffident lo mike that kind any more man a variety* at Mr. Drury fuppofc* 

 it. ProiViTor Pabriciu* dor* not ma diftinguiJh it a* fuch. Mr. Ijthira iaformi m thU 

 variety ha* been ottcrved in England, 



