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Upper Side. Antennae black and filifonn. Head with a small black spot between the antennae. 

 Thorax and abdomen white ; on the former are several small black spots. Anterior wings of a fine 

 yellow, with several white, narrow, irregular bars crossing them ; having on each several small black 

 spots; cilia wliite, and above it is a row of small black spots that almost joins it. Posterior wings faint 

 scarlet, externally edged with a narrow black border ; cilia white. 



Under Side. The anterior wings fine scarlet, inclining along the anterior edge to yellow ; where 

 are several angular black spots, each lengthening as it approaches the tips ; along the external margin is 

 a row of small black spots. Posterior wings scarlet, edged with the same black border as on the upper 

 side ; on the anterior edge are two white spots, with black ones in their centres. 



In the ' Sy sterna Naturae' this and the preceding most nearly allied species were placed 

 far apart in the genera Noctua and Tinea. This species appears in May and August. 

 The caterpillar is of the same colours as the anterior wing of the moth, and feeds on the 

 blue lupine. 



SPHINX CAROLINA. 



Plate XXV. fig. 1. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section : Crepuscularia. Fa.milv : Sphingidae, Leach. 



Genus. Sphinx, And. 



Sphinx Carolina. Alis anticis fuspo einereoque variis, posticis fasciis3-4 fuscis exterioribus dentatis; cilia albo 



iiigroque varia, abdomine maculis 10-12 lateralibus luteis. (Expans. Alar. 5 unc.) 

 Syn. Sphinx Carolina, XjnK. S. iV. 2. 798. iVo. 7. Brown. Jam. iZi. «. 43./. 17. Fabr. Ent. Syst. IW. \. p. 



303. No. 25. Gmel. Linn. S. N. 2377. No. 7. Stephens III. Brit. Ent. H. 1. 118. Abbot S; Smith, 



Ins. Georg. tab. 33. Curtis Brit. Ent. v. pi. 1. 197. 

 Habitat ; New York, Maryland, Virginia. 



Upper Side. Antennae internally white, but externally brown. The head, thorax, and abdomen of a 

 rusty gi-ey brown ; the sides of the latter having five oblong yellow spots, intersected by black lines, 

 on each of which is a small white spot placed between the yellow ones. Anterior wings rusty grey 

 brown, with a white spot at the base, and another small diseoidal white one ; a narrow irregular indented 

 line of white begins near the interior angle, and runs nearly to the tip ; several indented lines, nearly 

 black, cross the wings, more or less distinct. Cilia brown, spotted with white. Posterior wings brown, 

 darkest in the middle, the shoulders being nearly black, with an indented narrow bar of ash colour run- 

 ning across them, from the middle of the anterior edges to the anal angle ; below this is a narrow black 

 one, answering and joining to it. 



Under Side. Breast and abdomen ash-coloured. Anterior wings brown, without any marks or 

 shades, except two very faint undulated dark lines crossing them. Posterior wings, next the body, ash- 

 coloured ; the remainder being like the anterior, with some faint dark lines crossing them. 



According to Abbot the caterpillar is pale green, with white lateral oblique stripes, 

 and a pink tail. It is said to feed on the potato, tobacco, red pepper (Capsicum ?), &c. 

 One of these caterpillars, observed by Abbot, went into the ground on the 19th of June, 

 and came out on the 15th of Julv; whilst another went in on the 8th of July, and came out 



