GENUS SPHINX. 11 



pride in the creature, as he had never seen other 

 larvae hold their heads so high. 



Linnaeus divides this genus into the following 

 sections : 



A. With the antennae, scaly ; the feelers, hairy ; 

 and the tongue, spiral. 



Plate 61, lower figure, represents the larva of the 

 Ocellated Sphinx, a species of this section ; and the 

 upper figure, the pupa of the same insect. 



B. SESIA. The antennae are cylindrical ; the 

 tongue is exserted and truncate ; and the wings 

 entire. 



C. ZYG.SN.E. The antennae are thicker in the 

 middle ; and the tongue exserted and setaceous. 



The species of this genus are far less numerous 

 than those of the Papilio and the Phaltena; on 

 that account we have been more limited in the repre- 

 sentations. There is, besides, little striking in their 

 history or peculiarities, except in a few of the indivi- 

 duals, namely, those of the Ocellated Sphinx, the 

 Destructive Sphinx, and the Death's Head. 



The larvae of many of the sphinges are exceedingly 

 destructive to trees and shrubs, penetrating into 

 them, and often causing their total destruction. Mr 

 Joseph Hayward remarks on this subject, " Having 

 been balked in my endeavours to raise and train 

 some young currant bushes in a particular manner, 

 from their failing to grow so luxuriantly as I had 

 reason fc> expect, from the pains I had taken to 

 prepare the soil, &c. I was led to a narrow examina- 

 tion of their exterior in earch of the cause ; and 



