THE 
FRINGE-TREE SPHINX. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antennce thickest in the middle, subprismatic, 
and attenuated at each extremity. 
Wings deflected, (Flight strong, and commonly 
in the evening or morning). 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, ^c. 
Grey Sphinx, with dusky variegations, a white 
central spot on the upper wings, and 
the body marked on each side by three 
orange-yellow spots edged with black. 
The Fringe-Tree Hawk-Moth- 
SmitA and Abbofs Amer. Ins. 
pi. 34. 
The Sphinx Chionanthi or Fringe-Tree Hawk- 
Moth, is a native of several parts of America. The 
larva is observed to feed principally on the leaves of 
=the Chionanthus Virginica or Fringe-Tree, 
