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THE BLOODY.TAILED SPHINX. 

 Sphituv H<smorrhoieta/is. 



PLATE LXIX. 



Siihiiix Hifinorilioidiilis, Turton's Linne, iii. p. IBL— 

 Cramer, v. pi. 52, c. d. 



The wings are hyaline, with a broad black band 

 all round, and a dimidiate black band on the upper 

 wings ; the postcnor and anal margins are fimbria- 

 ted; the head is small; the antenna; long and 

 fringed ; the eyes are crimson ; body thick, temii- 

 nated with a large rounded tail, thickly covered 

 with fine crimson hairs ; back prominent, with a 

 white circular spot on each shoulder, and a girdle 

 of crimson below the back, the thorax with a white 

 spot on each side, and the abdomen red at each 

 end. 



The Bloody-Tailed Sphinx is an inhabitant of 

 India, and is to be found in various islands of the 

 Indian Ocean. The figure is the size of nature. 



