SPHINX. 



real change produced in tke identity of the creature itfelf, 

 or that it is in reality no other than the gradual and pro- 

 greflive evolution of parts before concealed, and which lay 

 mafked under the form of an infed of a wdely different ap- 

 pearance, yet it is juftly viewed with the highefl admiration, 

 and even generally acknowledged as in the moa hvely manner 

 typical of the laft eventful changes." . 



Chionanthi. Wings variegated, with a white dot in 

 the middle ; abdomen with three pair of fulvous eyes, i his 

 is an American infeft. The antenna; are hooked, ferrugi- 

 nous, with a white Ihaft ; lower wings blackilh, fpotted with 

 white. Larva tailed, with yellow and black bands ; the 

 head and tail are red ; the pupa is brown. 



* PiNASTRi. Wings entire, grey, with three ihort black 

 lines in the middle of the upper pair ; the abdomen is white, 

 with black bands. The larva is tailed, and greenilh, with 

 a ferruginous dorfal line, a lateral yellow one, and ferruginous 

 fubocellar ftigmata : the pupa is reddilh-brown, with white 



eyes. 



* EuPHORBiiE. Wings entire, with two dark olive bands; 

 lower ones with a black bafe, and marginal ftreak ; the an- 

 tennae arc fnowy. It is found in this country, and divers 

 parts of Europe. Donovan has given a figure of it. The 

 larva is black, dotted with white ; it has a red line down the 

 back, and lateral yellow fpots ; the pupa is brown, with 

 black itigmata. 



* LiNEATA. Wings greenifti-olive, with a white band, 

 crofled with white ftreaks ; the lower ones are black, with a 

 red band. It is generally defcribed as having a greenifh 

 head, with a lateral white line ; the thorax is marked with 

 three double white ftreaks ; abdomen with a white line dovvn 

 the middle, and lateral black and white dots ; the hind margin 

 of the upper wings is of a purple colour. Beneath it is 

 cinereous, fpeckled with green. 



* Celario. Wings entire, grey, with filvery-white 

 ftreaks ; the lower ones are brown, with fix red fpots. The 

 larva is tailed, brown, with two lateral pale lines, and two 

 eyes on the neck, on each fide ; the pupa is brown before 

 and reddifh behind. 



* Elpenor. Wings entire, with tranfverfe greenifh- 

 brown and red bands ; the lower ones are red, with a black 

 bafe. The larva is tailed, with brown fpots and two blue 

 eyes on each fide of the neck ; the pupa is grey before, be- 

 hind brown, with darker ftigmata. 



* PoRCELLUS. Wings entire, varied with yellow and 

 purple ; the abdomen is beneath fanguineous, dotted with 

 white. The larva is without a tail, brown, with three blue 

 eyes on each fide of the neck ; the pupa is blackilh. 



* CoNVOLVULl. Wings entire, clouded ; lower ones 

 flightly barred ; abdomen with red, black, and white belts. 

 This is found in our own country, and other parts of 

 Europe. The larva is tailed, with oblique white lines on 

 the fides ; the pupa is brown, with a reflefted involute 

 horn. The eyes of this infeft are faid to be flightly phof- 

 phorefcent. 



* LlGUSTRi, or Privet Hawk-moth. Wings entire ; 

 lower ones rufous, with three black bands ; the abdomen is 

 red, with black belts. The larva is tailed ; in colour it is 

 green, with oblique lateral ftreaks, which are of a flefh- 

 colour before, and white behind ; the pupa is brown ; the 

 tail is four-toothed. 



Grantor. Wings entire, brown, fpotted with black ; 

 lower ones red, edged with black. It inhabits India. 

 The upper wings are marked with a pale fpot at the bafe ; 

 the lower wings are fpotted with black at the angle of the 

 tail. 



LABRUSCiE. Wings greenifti, with a white dot on the 



lower furface of the upper pair ; the abdomen is marked 

 with five white dots at the fides. This is an American 

 infeft. The lower wings are marked with a black difk, 

 barred with a blue rufous fpot at the angle of the tail. 

 The larva is tailed, varied with brown and black ; on the 

 tail is a white poliftied moveable dot. 



B. ulntenmc cylindrical; tongue exferted, truncate; n:'in^: 

 entire. This alvlfton Is named 



Sesia. 



Tantalus. Abdomen bearded, the third fegnicnt 

 fnowy. It inhabits Europe and India. The abdomen is 

 marked with a white and rufous ftreak ; upper wings varie- 

 gated with three white dots. 



HvLAS. Wings femi-tranfparent ; abdomen bearded, 

 green, with a purple belt. It inhabits Cliina. The tail is 

 marked with a white dot at the bafe ; the fides of the bafe 

 are black. 



* Stellatarum. Abdomen bearded, the fides are 

 varied with black and white ; the lower wings are ferru- 

 ginous. The larva is pale rofy, dotted with white ; the 

 tail blue, ferruginous at the tip ; the pupa is pale, with a 

 brown tip. 



Pandora. Abdomen bearded, with fulvous fpots on 

 the fides ; the lower wings are ferruginous at the bafe, and 

 tipt with black. 



FuciFORMis. Abdomen bearded, blackifh, with a yel- 

 low band near the tail ; wings diaphanous, with a darker 

 brown border ; beard of the abdomen black on each fide. 

 The larva is green, with a yellow lateral line ; the horn 

 is ered ; pupa folliculate, black, with yellow ftreaks 

 before. 



* BoMBYLiFORMls. Abdomen bearded, greenifti, ful- 

 vous, with a black band ; the wings are tranfparent, with 

 a fine black edge. 



* Apiformis. This fpecies is of an afpcft at firft fight 

 more refembling that of a wafp, or hornet, than of a fphinx, 

 the wings being tranfparent, with merely a flight edging of 

 brown, and the thorax and abdomen varied with black and 

 yellow. The caterpillar inhabits the hollows of poplar, 

 fallow, willow, and lime-trees, feeding on the fubftance of 

 the bark ; changing to a chryfalis in April, and the fly ap- 

 pearing in the month of June. 



* Crabroniformis. Wings tranfparent ; abdomen yel- 

 low, with black belts ; thorax black, with obfolete yellow 

 fpots; the head is black, with a yellow ring at the bafe. 

 The larva is yellow ; the pupa is reddifli-brown. The male 

 has two black bands near the bafe of the abdomen ; the ie- 

 male is marked with irregular black Hhcs. 



* CuLiciFORMis. Wings hyaline, with a black band 

 and margin ; the abdomen is bearded, with a fulvous belt y 

 the antennae are white before the tip. 



* TiPULiFORMis. Wings tranfparent, with a black 

 band and margin ; the abdomen is bearded, black ; the al- 

 ternate incifures are edged with yellow. This is figured by 

 Donovan. The thorax has a yellow hne on each fide ; tip 

 of the upper wings marked with a brown fpot. The larva 

 is folitary, a little hairy, whitifti, with yellow bead and 

 legs, and a darker dorfal line ; the pupa is brown - 



* ZoNATA. Wings tranfparent, with a black band and 

 margin ; the abdomen is bearded, black, with a fingle belt. 

 It is found in divers parts of Europe, as well as in this 

 country. The head is marked with a thin red margin > on 

 the thorax are two oblique lateral red lines. 



IcHNEUMONiFOR.Mis. Wings tranfparent, with a black 



njargin and band, in which is a fulvous dot ; the abdomen is 



4. marked 



