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_*  FRINGE-TREE SPHINX. 
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GENERIC CHARACTER. © . 
Antena thickest in the middle, subprismatic, 
and attenuated at each extremity. 
Wings deflected. (Flight strong, and commonly 
‘In the SOs or morning). 
SPECIFIC (CAEL NEIIENS, Se 
Grey Sah 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. 
Smith and Abbot’ s Amer. Ins. 
pl. 34. 
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The Sphinx Chionanthi or - Fringe-Tree Hawk- 
Moth, isa native of several parts of America. The 
larva is observed to feed principally on the leaves of 
the Chionanthus Virginica or Fringe-Tree. 
