THE 
JATROPHA SPHINX. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenna: subprismatic, attenuated at each ex¬ 
tremity. 
Tongue generally exserted. 
Feelers two, reflex. 
Wings defledled. 
SFECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
Grey SPHINX, with the upper wings undu¬ 
lated with black, and the body ocellated 
on each side by three yellow spots with 
black margins. 
Merian Ins. Surin. pL 38 . 
This inseft is an inhabitant of Surinam, as well as 
of some other parts of South America, and is figured 
by the celebrated Madam Merian, in her work on the 
Insedfs of Surinam. The caterpillar feeds chiefly on 
the shoots of the Jatropha gossypifolia. 
