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PLATE CCLXIX. 



SPHINX OCELLATA.- 



Eyed Hawk Moth. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennas thickeft in the middle : wings deflected when at reJL 

 Fly by night. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Wings angulated : pofterior pair red, with a large blue eye in the 

 middle of each. 



Sphinx Ocellata : alis angulatis, pofticis rufis ocello cceruleo. 



Fab. Syft. Ent. 536. 1. 

 Sphinx Ocellata, alis repandis, pofticis ocellatis. Linn. Syfl. 



Nat. 2. 796. 1.— Fri. Sv. 1083. 

 Fhal&na alis inferioribus macula opthalmoide infignibus. Alb. Inf. 



tab. S.fig. 2, 



Drury Inf. 2. tab. 25. fig. 2. 3. 



Reef Inf phal. I. tab. 1. 



Schaff. Icon. tab. 99. fig. 5. 6. 



Merian Fjurop. 2. tab. 87. 



The Sphinges are only, in a few inftances, remarkable for that 

 gaiety and fplendour of colours, which render the Butterfly tribe fo 



E 4 pleafing 



