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TAB. XXXVIU. 



SPHINX TERSA. 



BLACK AND TEL10W-0NDEIOYJNG HAWK-MOTIK 



SPBBMACOCB HT&SOPIFQLIJ, 



HTS&ONtBAYED SI'ERMACOCE. 



S. ilU integrit fufci* .wgitudinaliter flriati*. poflicU nigrii ftfcU tnaeulari lotco*albl. 



P-7- r.W. C. 



/ 



It* food is the Wild Thyme, One of tbcfc caterpillars Jj>un itfclf up on the silt 

 of July, ami caruc out in iu perfect* Jlatc tin* l£lh of Augull; another fpun the 



j tth of JVntember. ami came out tin* £tli ni Ma v. When dithirbed the caterpillar 

 contracts its head, like tlwic of the Sphittx Grantor and dzalt*, Sonic of ihcte 

 caterpillars arc brown. Tlse fly is not very common, but nwv be fonic times ob- 

 served fucking the gourd blofloms in autumn. 



We have found it ncceffxrr to give a new fpecific character to thi* moth, both the fin* 

 na»n and Fabricun one* being incorrect. Sometimes there it a very minute black dot on lite 

 fore wintry which Mr. Abbot ha» notobferved itr ibe fpecitnen he luu drawn. The range of 

 ycJlow.th fpots on the hind wings vary much in Iixe f a* wdl a* colour, being often almofl 

 white. Alt tlbc wjitgi rcfcmb&c each other on the under fide, being brown at the bafc. lurty 

 toward* the margin, with a row of btackith dot** 



The plant ltcre oVhncatcd ajiprar* to 1* a new fpccic* of %™uw/ ( which h preferred. 

 without a name, in the Linturan Herbarium* Mr. Abbot call* it wild thyme, probably from 

 lift habit, for it hat no other affinity to any plant of the ibytue kind. The root is firong and 

 woody! the nVm mrubbr, and fomewbat diifaie- It mar be characVriccd at follow*: 



Spcrmaeocc h)iTbpifoUa./«Av WjrW.PiWj/ij rmUtit nw/w/^ hit, vtrtuijin pntttflerii* 



