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THE FORESTER SPHINX. 

 Sphinx Stolices. 



PLATE LXVIH. 



Sphinx Stalices, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 808. Donovan's 

 Brit. Ins. vi. pi. 204, fig. 2 Turton's Linne, iii. p. 191. 



THIS very beautiful Sphinx has the superior wings, 

 thorax, and abdomen of a vivid green in some species, 

 while in others it is of a pale yellowish green ; the 

 inferior wings are purple in some, and very pale rose 

 colour in others. 



The larva is of a deep black, with a line of white 

 down the back, and some lunar-shaped spots of the 

 same colour in different parts. It feeds on docks. 

 The moth is transformed in May, and frequents 

 meadows. The breadth of the insect is an inch and 

 an eighth. Our figure is nearly double the size of 

 nature. 



