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Fabricius cites the present figure amongst his sjnonpiis of the common English 

 Eyed-hawk moth (Smerinthus ocellatus), notwithstanding its very difi*erent habitat. It is 

 evident, however, from the diversity in the outline of the wings of this insect and other 

 , Englis^i species, and from the circumstance of several species very closely allied to this 

 being found in America (two of which are figured by Abbot and Smith in " the Insects 

 of Georgia," pi. 25. and 26.), that Fabricius overlooked the minute characters which 

 distinguish these species, and confounded them mider the name of Ocellatus. Drury's 

 insect very nearly approaches Sphinx Myops of Smith, but differs in the markings, espe- 

 cially of the posterior edge of the wings, and the colour of the posterior pair. 



Sir J. E. Smith notices the very slight difference which exists between the caterpillars 

 of nearly allied species of Sphingidae, compared with the diversity in the larvae of the genus 

 Papilio of Limseus. 



SPHINX FICUS. 



Plate XXVI. fig. 1. 



Order ; Lepidoptera. Section : Crepuscularia. Family : Spbingidae, Leach. 



Genus. Sphinx, Auet. 



Sphinx Ficus. Alis anticis cinereo fuscoque nebulosis, macula apicali albidft ; posticis nigris basi fasciaque 

 niedia liiteis angulo ani albo. (Expaus. Alar. $ . 5 unc. — J . 6 unc.) 



Syn. Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 800. 15. Cramer, tab. 'iiG.Jig. E. Merian Im. Surm. t. 33. Fubr. Ent. Syst. 

 111.1. 366. iVo. 31 . Gmel. Linn. S. N. 2380. 1.5. 



Habitat: Jamaica. 



Upper Side. Antennae ash-coloured. Head, thorax, abdomen, and anterior wings dark olive : the 

 extremities of the latter ending in a point, where is situated a cream-coloured spot, close to the ante- 

 rior edges, whose extremity runs to the tips ; a patch of a dark cream colour is also placed on the 

 external edges, joining to the lower corners. Posterior wings, next the body, dark cream-coloured; 

 below this is a black bar, and another at the external edges, with a dark cream bar between them. The 

 abdominal corners tenninate in a point, which is of a fine white silvery hue. 



Under Side. Breast, abdomen, legs, and wings pale olive brown, with three faint indistinct lines 

 crossing them from the anterior to the abdominal edges. Tlie anterior wings having a faint whitish 

 streak placed at the tips. 



SMERINTHUS ASTYLUS. 



Plate XXVI. fig. 2. 



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



Genus. Smerinthus, Latr. Laothoe, Fabr. (Syst. Gloss.) Sphinx, Linn. 



Smerinthus Astylus. Alis subangulatis cinnamoneo-roseis, antioarum apice strigisque subapicalibus fuscis, 

 posticarum ocello ecerulescenti. (Expaus. Alar. 2 unc. 10 lin.) 



Syn. Sphinx Astylus, Drury, App. vol. 2. 



Habitat : New York. 



