87 



TAB. XLIV, 



SPHINX OCTOMACULATA. 



YELLOW-Sl-OTTED TVGER I1AWK-M0T1L 



VITJS FISIPERA. L1KK 

 COMMON VINP. 



4, A&SCtT&, 1UBITU KT LARVA Dirg&SA 



S. alii aiiis: maculu duabu* primorum flam porticanim albU. 



Tn 14 caterpillar feeds on the different kinds of Wild Grapes. On the I 2th of June 

 kendofed itfdf in a catc under ground, and the perfect infe&camc out March j 3th 

 following. It flics by Any, fomctimes fucking plum bloflbms, but is not very com- 

 mon. It may be obferved in the wood*, generally fettling on a Vine, or on the 

 Dog -wood: and wlicn dillurbcd will fly very fwiftly round about. finally reluming 

 in general to it* original Jituation* It is tikev. ile found in Virginia. 



In habit and kern thisinfec't ccrUiidy agree* with the fimily of LinnaMn Sf&wjrJt to which 

 we Luc referred it, which arc */.jt*mr of Fabricati*, and not to thole of which he tus com* 

 pofcdrmgcnut Srfii. Hi* generic cliara&cr* of both arc my infomckm for difcrimitutiorj, 

 but it fecrm *cry probable that Zj*x<wi ought to be riicenxd dldiatl liom the real genus ol 

 Sfkinr, coufukiing tbc£rmeof both* 



