THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



OF 



BRITISH INSECTS 



PLATE CCCLXI. 



SPHINX CAROLINA. 



YELLOW SPOTTED UNICORN HAWK-MOTH. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae fomewhat prifm-formed, and thickeft in the middle : tongue 

 moft commonly exferted : feelers two : wings deflected. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Wings clouded, entire, posterior margin dotted with white : ab- 

 domen with five (or fix) pair of fulvous fpots. 



Sphinx Carolina : alis integris omnibus margine poftico albo 



punctato, abdomnis ocellis fex parium fulvis. Lin. Syji. 



Nat. 2. 798. 1—Muf. Lud. Ulr. 34G.—Gmel. Linn. 



Syji. Nat. 2377- 7- 



vol. xi. B Sphinx 



