T H E 



QCELLATED SPHINX, 



O R 



EYED HAWK-MOTH. 



Generic Character, 



Antcmur tliickc fl towards the middle, or attenu- 

 ated at each extremity. 



Wings defle&ed, /. e. doping downwards on each 

 fide, when clofed. [blight generally in the 

 jmorningand evening.) 



Sri cine Character. 



SPHINX witli repandoys wings : the lower ones 

 ocellated. 



I j a. SyJL Nat. 



The EYED HAWK-MOTH. 



Albin. Inf. p. 8. f. 2. 



The alteration of form during the different periods 

 of life, which the infers of the Papilionaceous tribe 

 undergo, affords a fubjedt of the moft pleafing con- 

 templation to the mind of the Naturalift ; and though 

 a deeply philofophical furvey demonftrates that there 



is 



