THE 
OLEANDER SPHINX. 
Generic Character . 
Antennce fubprifmatic, attenuated at each ex¬ 
tremity. 
Tongue (generally) exferted. 
Feelers two, reflex. 
Wings deflected. 
Specific Character , &c. 
SPHINX with fubangular green wings, varied 
with paler and deeper bands, and with a call 
of yellowilh rofe-color. 
The Oleander HAWK-MOTH. 
This is unqueftionably one of the moft beautiful 
of the European infedts. It is found in feveral parts 
of Italy and Germany, but more particularly in the 
former. The caterpillar feeds on the leaves of the 
Nerium Oleander of Linnaeus or rofe-flowered Ole¬ 
ander. 
Thofe who are converfant in the iconical part of 
natural hiftory will eafily perceive that the annexed 
plate 
