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There is another Sphinx^ which differs in fo few particulars, that 



it hath been miftaken for the prefent fubje6l; notwithftanding, it may 

 be eafily diftinguifhed by a crefcent of yellow in the fore part of the 

 thorax, aad thence entitled the Lunar Hornet Sphinx y a Drawing 

 of which Infe6l, with the larva, has been prefented to the Llnncsan 

 Society. Tliis larva is nearly the fize of the Buff-tip Caterpillar, and 

 of an obfcure brown colour j probably the larva of the Sp. Api-formU 

 may much refemble it. 



It is arranged in many cabinets under the title of Sphinx Vefpi- 

 fonnis; but the Sp. Vefpiformis^ in the Lin7iesan Colle£iion, now in 

 the poffeliion of Dr. S?nith^ fcarcely exceeds half the fize of this fub- 

 je£l:, and is probably unique. The Lunar Hornet-Sphinx had no 

 place in that cabinet. 



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