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TAB. XXXVII. 



SPHINX KALMIM. 



MOUNTAIN IVY HAWK-MOTH. 



\ 



KALMIA LATIFOLIA- LINN. 



B&OA&LEAVED ' \1 M: \ r OR MOUNTAIN IVY. 



S. alii intcgrii marginc altx> punclato; pofticii lutcolii fafeiU duabus nigra, abdomlnc 



albo cingulii ntgtii. 



Tin* caterpillar WW taken feeding on llic Mountain Ivy in May. It likewife cat* 

 the CAfOfUAlAttf- On the 3*1 of June it went into the ground, and on the 25th 

 the tfy eame out. Tin* fpecie* » very icarcc, and has not been found in Vir- 



ion. 



The elegant Kslmu we. find deilmcd to nourifh it* peculiar £/Ai"ur, though it* acrid Utter 

 juke* are diJagrcca1>le And crea £rt*1 to quadruped*. Trie fame contrariety of tiflc* or con* 

 fruition* between thefc different tribe* of aainub hold* good with rrfpccl to many othrr 

 plant*, at lannrru* ha* long ago obfavrd. Tfii* moth i* nearly related to .V- JJ^fri, but 

 cannot be confounded with tltat or the Lift deferibed. on account of tlic white-dotted martini 

 of ill the wings and the different marking* of the upper one*. It* abdomen pretty clofelj 

 referable* that of the priiet tooth, except in being dcihtu'.c of a roic*co!oured hue. 



