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There is another Sphinx, which differs in fo few particulars, that 
it hath been miftaken for the prefent fubje; notwithftanding, it may 
be eafily diftinguithed by a crefcent of yellow in the fore part of the 
thorax, and thence entitled the Lunar Hornet Sphinx; a Drawing 
of which Infe&, with the larva, has been prefented to the Linnean 
Society. "This larva is nearly the fize of the Buff-tip Caterpillar, and 
of an obfcure brown colour; probably the larva of the Sp. Api-formis 
may much refemble it. 
It is arranged in many cabinets under the title of Sphinx Ve/pi- 
formis; but the Sp. Vefpiformis, in the Linnean Collection, now in 
the pofleffion of Dr. Smith, fcarcely exceeds half the fize of this fub- 
je&t, and is probably unique. The Lunar Harnet-Sphinx had no 
place in that cabinet. 
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