And while his new-born beauties he difplays, 

 With confeious joy his alter'd form furveys. 

 Mark, while he moves amid the funny beam, 

 O'er his foft wings the varying lullre gleam. 

 Launch'd into air, on purple plumes he {bars, 

 Gay Nature's face with wanton glance explores ; 

 Proud of his various beauties wings his way, 

 And fpoils the faircft fiow'rs, himfelf more fair 

 than they. 



And deems weak Man the future promife vain, 

 When Worms can die, and glorious rife again? 



The Sphinx Ocellata, figured on the annexed plate, 

 as an example of the genus, is perhaps the moll beau- 

 tiful infect which this country produces. The cater- 

 pillar is generally found on willows. It arrives at its 

 full fize towards the beginning of Augufl, when it bu- 

 ries itfelf, and changes to a chryfilis, from which, a- 

 bout the firft week in the following June, proceeds the 

 moth. 



