POLYPHEMUS. 
Generic Character. 
Antenna fetaeeous, decreafing in fize from the 
bafe to the tip. 
Wings, when at reft, generally deflected. 
Flight nodturnal. 
Specific Character. 
PHALfENA with fubfalcated yellowifh-grey 
wings marked by an ocellated central fpot 
and dulky marginal band : the fpot on the 
lower wings very large and blueifh. 
The Phalasna Polyphemus is a native of North 
America, and is reprefented on the plate in its na¬ 
tural fize. The caterpillar, which is large and 
green, feeds principally on the different kinds of 
oaks, and changes into a yellovvifh-brown chryfalis. 
