2 The late Mr. William Lewin'j Qbfervaihns 



the ufual time. They had fed only on the inner part of the bark, 

 without touching the wood, juft as they do in their uiuai food the 

 poplar, though the lime tree bark is not half fo thick. 



This fpecies is diftinguifhed from the following by its mode 

 of life, and difference of colour. It is alfo much bigger. The 

 head is wholly yellow, the pectinated part of the antenna orange, 

 and the markings on the thorax much larger than in the crabrom- 

 formis, and nearly fquare. Neither is the whole infect of fo dark 

 a hue. 



Tab. i. Fig. i. Reprefents the male Sphinx apiformis. 



2. The female. 



3. The larva in its natural fituation* 



4. Pupa. 



5. The fame enclofed in its cafe. 



1. Sphinx crabroniformis. 

 The Lunar Hornet. 

 Tab. 1. Fig. 6 — 10. 

 Sph. abdomine flavo incifurarum marginibus atris, thorace 

 nigro mac.ulis obfoletis flavis, capite ni gro b aj^a nnul o 

 flavo. 

 The larva feeds on the wood of the fallow, Sallx Capra?a, in the 

 heart of which it fpins itfelf up in November, but does not change 

 to a pupa till May following. The fly comes out in the middle of 



This larva enters the wood near the furface of the ground, 

 fometimes from the root, and feeds upwards (generally in the pith) 

 for the fpace of fix or eight inches ; after which it turns its head 

 downwards, and fpins itfelf up with the web, there waiting the 

 proper time to change. 



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