THY RE us Abbottii. 



Generic Character. 



(Familia Sphingid'n Latreille.) 



Antenna lineares, in medio incrassata, in mai-ibus extritisecus ciliata, {suh-bar- 

 batte) infaminis simplices, Jilifornies, mucrone obhiso arcuato tensim ter- 

 minantes. Palpi breves, oblusi, in utroque sexu similes. Ala opaca^ 

 angulata. Abdomen crassum, barbatian. 



Antennai linear, thickened in the middle, externally ciliated in the male, 

 simple and filiform in the female, gradually ending in an arcuated, 

 obtuse hook. Palpi short, obtuse, alike in both sexes. Wings 

 opaque, angulated. Abdomen thick, bearded. 



Specific Character. 

 T. alts angulatis, anticis testaceis, J'usco umbiatis ct oblique lineutis ; postieis 

 jiavis, margine lato nigra. 



T. Wings angulated ; anterior testaceous, with lineatcd brown bhudes and 

 oblique lines ; posterior yellow, with a broad black border. 



A LOVELY insect, which is unfigured, and, as far as we can 

 ascertain, undescribed by any author. It appertains to the 

 Linnsean genus Sphinx, which can be viewed (from the immense 

 diversity and great number of the species) only as a family con- 

 taining many and striking natural genera : in modern arrangement 

 it is most nearly allied to the Sesia of Fabricius, from which, as 

 it strikingly differs in the formation of the palpi and antennae, I 

 have separated it. 



I have named this insect to commemorate the exertions of 

 ^Ir. Abbott, well known as having furnished the materials for 

 that beautiful work the Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia, edited 

 by Sir James Edward Smith. And from the unpublished draw- 

 ings of this zealous collector, the larva and pupa have been 

 figured. Mr. Abbott writes that it is a rare species in Georgia, 

 and feeds on the grape. The female differs not in colour from 

 the male, which is here represented. 

 PI. 60. 



