THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



O F 



B R I r I S H INSECTS. 



PLATE CCCXXV. 



SPHINX TILIJE. 



Lime Hawk Moth. 



Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae thickeft in the middle. Wings deflexed when at reft. 

 Fly flow morning and evening. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STN ONTMS. 



Wings angulated, greenifli clouded with brown, two triangular 

 olive fpots difpofed as a bar acrofs the anterior wing, tips white. 

 Pofterior wings yellow brown with a tranfverfe dark bar. 



Sphinx. Tilije : alls angulatis virefcenti nebulofis faturatius fafciatis, 

 pofticis fupra luteo teftaceis. Linn, Syjl. Nat. 2. 



A 2 y^y. 



