THE BLOODY-TAILED SPHINX. 

 Sphinx Hcemorrhoidalis. 



PLATE LXIX. 



Sphinx Haeruorrhoidalis, Turton's JLinne, iii. p. 181. 

 Cramer, v. pi. 52, c. D. 



THE wings are hyaline, with a broad black band 

 all round, and a dimidiate black band on the upper 

 wings ; the posterior and anal margins are fimbriated ; 

 the head is small ; the antennae long and fringed ; the 

 eyes are crimson ; body, thick, terminated with a 

 large rounded tail, thickly covered with fine crimson 

 hairs ; back, prominent, with a white circular spot on 

 each shoulder, and a girdle of crimson below the back , 

 the thorax with a white spot on each side, and the 

 abdomen red at each end. 



The Bloody- Tailed Sphinx is an inhabitant of 

 India, and is to be found in various islands of the 

 Indian Ocean. The figure is the size of nature. 



