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brown dorsal line ; the sides with two deep yeUow ones ; the anterior and first segment of 

 the body yellow, the latter spotted with black ; the horn, which was previously straight, 

 becomes curved and black. It feeds on various species of pine, as Pinus abies, sylvestris, 

 Strobus, &c. The chrysalis is dark brown, changing to maroon ; the tongue-sheath is 

 short. 



SPHINX ELLO. 



Plate XXVII. fig. 3. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section : Crepuscularia. Family : Sphingidae, Leach. 



Genus. Sphinx, Auct. 



Sphinx Ello. Alis subdentatis cinereis ; posticis riifis margine nigro ; abdomine pallido cingulis (dorso intei- 

 ruptis) nigris. (Expaus. Alar. 3 uiic. G liu.) 



Syn. Sphinx Ello, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. p. 800. No. 13. Cramer, tab. 301. fig. D. Metian Surin. t. 61./. 2. 

 Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111.1. 362. No. 21. Gmel. Linn. S. N. 2375. 13. 



Habitat : St. Christopber's (Drury). Surinam (Mad. 3Ierian). 



Upper Side. Antennas white on one side, and brown on the other. Head and thorax ash-coloured ; 

 the latter having some faint narrow dorsal and lateral black lines. Abdomen ash-coloured, encircled 

 with black rings extending to its sides, divided on the top by an ash-coloured line. Anterior wings 

 dentated and ash-coloured, having an irregular shade of black and dark brown running from the tips to 

 the shoulders, and a few small black spots dispersed on different parts of the wings. Posterior wings 

 red, with a black border. Cilia reddish white. 



Under Side. Breast, thighs, legs, and abdomen ash-coloured. Anterior wings, in the middle, 

 ferruginous ; but toward the external edges and the tips dirty red brown. Posterior wings next the 

 shoulders and interior margin ash-coloured, but in the middle of a reddish colour ; along the anterior 

 mai'gin they are of a brown grey, and along the external margin they are of a dirty red brown. These 

 wings are a little dentated. 



SPHINX VITIS. 



Plate XXVIII. fig. 1. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Crepuscularia. Family: Sphingidae, ieoc/t. 



Genus. Sphinx, Auct. 



Sphinx Vitis. Alis anticis olivaceo-fuscis, fascift, vitta lineisque palhdis ; posticis cinereis fascia nigra mar- 

 gineque roseo. (Expans. Alar. 4 unc.) 



Syn. Sphinx Vitis, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 801. iVo. 16. Merian Surin. tab. 47. /. 1. Cram. Ins. tab. '2^1. fig. C. 

 Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111.1. 369. A'o.41. Gmel. Linn. S. K. 2380.16. Abbot and S7nith, Ins. Georgia, 1. 1. 40. 



Habitat : Antigua, Jamaica, St. Christopher's (Drury). '• In vitae Americes" (Linn.). " Magnolia glauca" 

 (Fabr.). " Jussisea erecta" (Abbot and Smith). 



Upper Side. Head and thorax dark flesh-coloured ; on the latter, near the neck, is a long spot of 

 olive brown, with another on each side. Abdomen dark flesh-coloured, having two olive brown streaks 

 above, extending from the base to the extremity, being intersected by narrow flesh-coloured annuli or 



