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 PLATE CXCV. 



SPHINX ZONATA. 



Red-belted Sphinx, 

 Lepidoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae fomewhat prifm-form, thickeft in the middle : tongue 

 (moftly) exferted : feelers two reflected : wings defle&ed. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Wings tranfparent, veined, margined with black : abdomen black 

 with a red belt, and bearded at the extremity. 



This is apparently an undefcribed Infeft. It bears the flrongeft 

 affinity to the Sphinx Tipuliformis of Linnaeus ; but as the zone or 

 belt of red colour is an unerring diftin6lion of our Infe£t, it cannot 

 belong to that fpecies. Fabricius having feparated the Linnaean 

 fphinges into three new genera, Sphinx, Sefta, and Zygaena, this 

 Infeft muft be included under the genus Sejia of his fyftem ; two 

 of the fpecies he has described under that head, S. culicifsrmis and 

 tenthrediniformis bear fome refemblance to our Sphinx zonata, but are 

 certainly diftinft fpecies. 



Sphinx zonata is rare in England ; the natural fize is fhown at 

 Fig. I. of the annexed plate. The fine purple appearance of the 

 body difappeai s in fpecimens that have been kept long in a cabinet. 



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