S P H 



S P H 



■iiiarked with alternate black and white belts. It inhabits 

 Auftria. 



* Vespiformis. Wings tranfparent, with a black mar- 



Ein and band ; abdomen bearded, black, the lecond and laft 

 :gments edged witli yellow. It is found in this country, 

 and many parts of Europe. 



' * CHRYSORRiiffiA. Wings tranfparent, with a black 

 margin and band ; abdomen black, with four yellow belts ; 

 the beard is yellow, with a black hne in the middle. This 

 is an Englifh infeft, and is figured by Donovan. 



C. ylntenna thicker in the middle ; tongue exferted, fetaeeous. 

 Zycsna. 



* FiLrPENDL'i-^. Upper wings blue-green, with fix red 

 fpots in pairs ; the lower ones are red, with a greeniih bor- 

 der. It is found in England, and other parts of Europe. 

 The larva is flat, tailed, fulphur-coloured, with four lines of 

 black dots ; the pupa is brown, but in the middle it is of a 

 fulphur-colour. 



Sedi. Blue ; upper wings with three connefted red 

 fpots ; the lower ones are entirely red. It inhabits fouthem 

 Ruflia. The fpots on the wings are furrounded with a yel- 

 low ring, and the lower wings with a fine black edge. 



Phegea. Green-black ; the upper wings are marked 

 with fix tranfparent dots, the lower ones with two ; the ab- 

 domen with a yellow belt. It is found in many parts of 

 Germany. The larva is brown ; the head and legs are red- 

 difli ; the back is marked with fafciculate white plume?. 



Caffra. Black ; wings brown, with five red dots ; the 

 lower ones are red, edged with brown. It is found in 

 many parts of Africa. The head is black ; feelers and or- 

 bits red ; thorax black, with two red dots on each fide ; 

 dots on the wings furrounded with a black ring. 



Cassandra. Brown ; abdomen with five blue fpots on 

 each fide ; tail, mouth, bafe of the thighs, and abdomen, 

 fcarlet. 



Andromacha. Black ; wings hyaline, with a black 

 margin and band ; the tail is red. It inhabits America. 



Lethe. Wings black, with two yellow fpots ; abdomen 

 with red, black, and blue belts, and a white one. This is 

 an African infeft. 



Pecticoknis. Brownith ; wings violet, with two white 

 bands a little interrupted ; the collar is red. It is found in 

 South America. 



Sypilus. Wings black ; upper pair with an interrupted 

 teilaceous band ; lower ones teftaceous at the bafe ; the 

 abdomen is dotted with blue. It inhabits different parts of 

 Araeriea. The abdomen is black, with teitaceous belts at 

 the bafe ; the tip is dotted with blue. 



Capistrata. Wings black, with two tranfparent bands 

 on the upper pair ; the lower ones have a tranfparent didi ; 

 the abdomen is red and black on the back. It inhabits 

 America. 



CoLUMBiNA. Wings tranfparent, with a black fpot, 

 and border marked with red. It inhabits South America. 

 The antennx are peftinate ; the head is black, with two 

 red dots ; the thorax is marked with white lines ; the ab- 

 domen is black, the firll fegment is red, the others are 

 marked with white and red belts. 



C.tUDATA. Wings yellow, hyaline, tipt witli brown ; 

 body fpottcd with gold. This inhabits South America. 



DiPTERA. Wings brown ; upper pair with five tranf- 

 parent fpots ; lower ones very fhort, with a yellow fpot. 

 This inhabits the Eail Indies. 



Tibialis. Upper wings brown, lower ones hyaline ; 

 hind-legs long and very hairy. It inhabits Africa. 



Capys. Black ; upper wings tipt with white. Inhabit^ 

 Surinam. 



* Statices. Upper wings green-blue ; lower ones 

 brown. Inhabits divers parts of Europe, as well as this 

 country. 



ACHARON. Blue ; wings brown ; tail rufous. It in- 

 habits New Holland. 



Sty-x. Body and wings blue; thorax rufous. It is 

 found in Africa. 



Thoas. Upper wings brown ; lower ones black, with 

 femitranfparent diflc ; collar red. 



SpHlN.x, a name given by Reaumur to a very fingular 

 fpecies of caterpillar, defcribed in the fecond volume of his 

 Hiftory of Infeds. 



The reafon of the author's having given it that name is, 

 that when it is not eating it erefts its head, and with it more 

 than a third part of its body, into a perpendicular fituation 

 upon the leaf on which it was before laid all along ; it keeps 

 itfelf a long time in this fituation, looking around it with a 

 feeming air of fiercenefs. There is alfo a feries of broad 

 belts upon the body, which contribute fomething towards 

 its refemblance to the figure of that imaginary monfter. 



This caterpillar has a horn on the hinder part of its body, 

 which feems to be of no fort of ufe, but merely a trouble to 

 the creature. It is hollow, and inclofes, in the manner of 

 a flieath, the new horn which is to appear when the creatur* 

 changes its (]<in. This the author found to be the cafe, by 

 cutting it feveral times, and always finding within it the new 

 horn cut off alfo at the fame place, and had often obferved 

 the great difficulty the animal had in changing its (kin, 

 when it came to the horn. 



Sphinx, Simia. See Simia. 



SPHONDYLIUM, in Botany, <r^6vJt/^.ov of Diofco- 

 rides, the Cow-parfnip. See Heracleum. 



SPHONDYLOCOCCUS, fo called, by Mitchell, from 

 the whorled appearance of the berries, is the Linnsan Cal- 

 licarpa. See that article. 



SPHONDYLUS, in Ichthyology, a name given by 

 Pliny, and others of the old authors, to a peculiar fpecies 

 of the fyngnathus, or acus jlriftotelis. It is the fpecies, 

 called by Artcdi fyngnathus corpore medio hexagono tauda 

 pinnata ; and by other authors the acus ftcundt fpecies ; and 

 by Bellonius and Gefner typhle marina. 



Sphondylu.s is alfo ufed by fome autliors, for the (tones 

 or bones found in the head of a mullet. 



SPHRAGIDE, or Lemnian Earth, in Mineralogy, a 

 name given by Werner to a fubltance nearly refcmhling 

 fuUers'-earth, found in the ifland of Lemnos, in the Medi- 

 terranean. It is of a greyifh or yellowilh-white colour ; it 

 has a dull afpeft and a meagre feel, in which relpetl it dif- 

 fers from fullers'-earth ; it adheres llightly to the tongue, 

 and falls to pieces when immerfed in water. Tlio con- 

 ftitucnt parts of this mineral, a;- given by Klaprotli, are. 



Silex 



Alumine 



Magnefia 



Lime 



Soda 



Oxyd of iron 



Water - 



66 



14.50 

 0.25 

 0.25 



6 



Thii earth is dug but once a year, on the 15th of Au- 

 gult, in the prefencc of the clergy and magiftratcs of the 

 ifland, after the reading of prayers. 'J'lie clay is cut into 

 long pieces of an ounce weight, and each of them is after- 

 wards llamped with a feal, having on it the Tiirki(h name 

 of the mineral. It u in great repute in the Eall, as an anti- 

 ^ U 7 dote 



