THE HUMMING-BIRD SPHINX. 



Sphinx SteUatarum. 



PLATE LXV. 



Sphinx Stellatarum, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 803. Turton's 

 Unite, iii. p. 179. Donovan's Brit. Ins. v. p. 155. 



Cramer, Insects, pi. 94, c Shaw's Nat. Miscellany, 



pi. 872. 



THE superior wings of this beautiful little insect 

 are of a deep brown, with two waved sesquilaterous 

 bands, and a dimidiate band and black spots on each ; 

 the under wings are of a greenish yellow in some 

 individuals, and of a rich orange in others ; the 

 thorax is large, round, and capacious ; and the 

 abdomen thick, brown, and hairy beneath ; on the 

 lower part of which are two white spots on each side, 

 and a white spot on each side of the thorax, beneath 

 the head, which is sharp and pointed ; the eyes are 

 large, and the antennae club shaped in some, and, in 

 others, they are thickest in the middle ; the annula- 

 tions of the abdomen terminate with a transverse tail, 

 not unlike that of a bird. 



There are two sorts of caterpillars belonging to this 

 species. They are alike in size and form, but are 



