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THE HUMMING-BIRD SPHINX. 

 Sphinx Stellatarum — Britain. 



Sphinx Stellatarum, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 803 — TurtonS 



fAnne, iii. p. 179 Donovan^s Brit. Ins. v. p. 155 — 



Cramer, Insects, pi. 94, c.—Shaw's Nat. Miscellany, 

 pi. 872. 



The superior wings of this beautiful little insect 

 are of a deep brown, with two waved sesquialterous 

 bands, and a dimidiate band and black spots on 

 each ; the under wings are of a greenish yellow in 

 some individuals, and of a rich orange in others ; 

 the thorax is large, round, and capacious ; and the 

 abdomen thick, brown, and hairy beneath ; on the 

 lower part of which are two white spots on each side, 

 and a white spot on each side of the thorax, beneath 

 the head, which is sharp and pointed ; the eyes are 

 large, and the antennse club-shaped in some, and, in 

 others, they are thickest in the middle ; the annula- 

 tions of the abdomen terminate with a transverse 

 tail, not unlike that of a bird. 



There are two sorts of caterpillars belonging to 

 this species. They are alike in size and fonri, but 

 are very different in colour. One sort is green, the 



