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TAB. XXXV t 



SPHINX PRINL 

 GALL-BERRY llAWK-MOTIL 



FRIK05 CLJRER. LIN t \\ 



IOUSN WIXTKn-BKHHV OR GAt-kReHRY\ 



S. «3i< intcgni margins ponieo albo punctati*! primoribu* flrigi* doibu* undulatu p 

 toque albi*, ibdomine i-iriguli* leuuilTimis aiieif* 



i:nc- 



Sphlai lift** fjfr,|UM.« m* ni^j. J^'iVrj-ftA/j, Ow*.JV*iO?,/C» 



Tail caterpillar was taken feeding on the Gall-berry bum In May, ami veal into 

 tin* ground the 17th of thai month, coming forth a* a dy the 19th of June. An* 

 other buried itfclf Augutt 26, and remained in the earth till (he 2Glh of April 'Pie 

 CfttCrpJIIar i* very apt to be wounded by a finall tduteumon, the worm* of which, 

 when fcmficd with feeding, eat their way out of it* body, and fpin thcmfclvc* up 

 on the outline. The moth it not very common, but may fometimes be found 

 fucking tile blotibina of gourd* in an evening. 



The rcafom we have offered for charging the name of tl>e preceding fpecict mull form our 

 apology in the prtfent inAancc Ilvl-ni*, the name of a dogj lia^ no natural nor fanciful 

 connection with thit infect, and could be tolerated only till we Ixcame acquainted with it* 

 natural food. Notwithstanding the great difference of tire, our S* Pm ha* gicai aifinity with 

 the S. C&wv/h infomueh that no oeieription can diicriminate their upper wing*. The 

 want of yellow fpou on the abdomen of that now before in make* their encniial difference, 

 to Which might be adVlcd that the head of tills it of an uniform brown, not white on the fum- 

 mit, and it* thorax much left varicgitcd than in the oilier. Jn a is rteimtk arrangement ihcfc 

 two fpeciet and -¥. CvcJni ought certainty to fland t^cthcr, and it it maiter of wonder bow 

 fo good a writer at Fabriciuft mould hate pLiced them fo very fir afundW. 



If the figure of Cramer aboie quoted be intended lor ilii» moth, it ia extremely inarcurale. 

 and give* (careciy any idea of it j nor can we believe that author to luvc fallen fo far fhort of 

 tl*c ufual nxnt of his work- lie tnult mean a ditrereut inSccr. 



