24. MODERN ARRANGEMENT OF 
Genus Sruinx, Latreille. 
The lower palpi haying but two apparent joints, 
the third being minute; contiguous, and scaly ; 
the club of the antenne commencing near the 
centre, simple, or with three transverse strie, 
bearded, and neyer strongly serrated ; the tongue 
very distinct, and corneous ; the body short and 
thick; the eyes are large; the wings nearly 
horizontal, forming a triangle with the body ; the 
abdomen conical ; the feet thick, with two simple 
hooks at the end of the tarsi. 
The insects of this genus are decorated with lively and 
agreeable colours. They congregate and fly lightly, about 
sunset, flitting from flower to flower, sucking melliferous liquids 
with their long proboscis. The caterpillars have sixteen feet, 
their skin is smooth or ganulated, and without hairs, Almost 
all of them have a kind of bent horn on the eleventh ring, the 
use of which is not known. Among the caterpillars, that 
which is found on the lilac and ligustrum is remarkable for the 
singularity of its attitude. It is generally fixed to a branch by 
its membranous feet, with the body elevated perpendicularly 
and the head inclined, in which position it remains for hours. 
In this attitude it is conceived to resemble the figures of the 
fabulous sphinx, hence the name of the genus. 
Famity Ill.—Zyeanives, Latreille. 
The antenne of the greater number are destitute of 
tufted scales at the extremity, fusiform, or some- 
times like a ram’s horn; the labial palpi are 
