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TAB. XL. 



SPHINX VITI S. 

 PAINTED IIAWK-MOTII. 



JU&SI/KA ERECTS LltfX 

 irrnxtfrr annual jitssikua. 



S« alis integris tbcfcentibu* villi bifida ilriifque albidii: poflkii flrigi nigrj rairginibuf. 



que taxiEuinei*. 



The caterpillar of this beautiful Sphinx was taken upon the flower here reprc- 

 lentcd. which grows in ponds ami Wtt places in the month of Augufh It is 

 remarkable for ha* inc no horn at the tail, onlva filial] protuberance. One of them 

 went into the ground Augutc Hth, and came out the 7th of September. Another 

 that went in the 20lh of September did not conic out till the iStfc of July follow- 

 ing. Tliofe thai remain all w inter are vert' apt to die in the ehrylalts. Tins is a 

 rare Ipccie*, but ttie fly may now and thru l>e frrn fucking the gourd bloflbm* in 

 an evening- It is not known to be a native of Virginia* 



TUU may iraly be called a beautiful iiuctl, and come* very neir in thai rclpc/l to SfAaa 

 AM. Mr. Abbot had named it ilic Tulip Sphinx, but as that might fcem ambiguous art 

 indicating ib food to be the tulip, «v hue thought the name of P,mud Ikwk**nfh might 

 convey hi* idea more clearly. 



The food of tin* infect feems to be various. It is laid to eat uV Vine and the Mi^wlid 

 gUwj, but the plant on which Mr. Abbot lia* ob&rved it it widely different from both* 



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