SPHINX JATROPH^. 
CHARACTER GENERICUS. 
Jll(^ subprismatic®, utroque fine attennatae. 
Lingua exserta (plerisque). 
Palpi duo reflexi. 
uilce deflexas. 
Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel, p. 2371. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS, (stc. 
SPHINX grisea, alls superiorlbus nigro undu- 
latis, corpore utrinque ocellis tribus luteis 
nigro marginatis. 
SPHINX JATROPH^. S. alis subdentatis, 
posticis nigris basi rufis fasciaque fenestrata, 
capite bicorni. 
Fab. Sp. Ins. 2. p. 143. 
In Surinamia innascitur Sphinx Jatrophse, nec non 
in aliis America Australis regionibus. Memoravit et 
depinxit hanc speciem celeberrima Domina Merian. 
Larva Jatroph* gossypifolise ramulos prjecipue depas- 
citur. 
