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SPHINX GRANTOR. 



MUSCADINE SPHINX. 



VITIS rt'LPtS.L LiXX 



FOX Git APE, MLSCADIXl; Oil RUL1.ACR GltAPF- 



S. *1U inicgm fufci* lutco lincaii* nigro macuhtb: pofiicit difco rubrif, thociec iHnoqW 



macula ckttoklcA atio-ferru^'mea'* 



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r 4, a;a. 



Frro* on the Mufeadinc or Bullacc grape, ami the wild £rape. When young I he 

 caterpillar ha* a horn on it* tail* which is curved forward over it* back like the tail 

 of a tUrfr When the lkiu i* thed for the bit time Ihit horn comes off with it, 

 leaving only a linall protuberance* ami the eolour of the whole animal change** 'l 

 U a rare kind. One of them liked its (tin June 2Mb, went into the ground Jitljr 

 Olbj and I he llv came forth (he ;th of May following. 



We hare been much lempted 10 rhingc Cramer** trivial name of th» fpccie% though we 

 could not conveniently give one from it* food, almou* every denomination derived from tin- 

 Vine being preoccupied ; and indeed thofc whkh, though driFcrcnt, apply ncarfy to the fame 

 thing. »» /W/» I*fauft* t and f**mfitwtrix, ought not to be loo much multiplied for fear of 

 bewildering the memory* We would therefore luve given a name ddcriptite of the animal's 

 appearance, a* ttffilhta* Such are in the power of every body, even of thofc who know the 

 intrrt in eahinrta only without being armiaintcd with iu hiliory ; and author* cannot be too 

 firongly recommended to give furh the prefcrenee to any random denomination*. If Li unarm 

 lias (Vt the example of applying proper name* to infect*, Ix: lia* generally done it with judg- 

 ment and meaning, a* Sfki/tx *itt*fr# and /£fonw i and the original name* of Pabnctu* arc 

 for llic moft part gircn with admirable tafte and ingenuity ; but wltai bu tlic Grecian phi- 

 lofophcr Crautor to do w iili the moth before u< i 



