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SPHINX CHRYSORRHŒA.Goeden-tail Sphinx.

1EPIDOPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Antennae thickest in the middle. Wings, when at rest, deflexed.fy stow, morning and evening only.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Wings transparent with black veins. Head, thorax, body, shiningkkck with yellow rings or belts. Tail fine golden yellow.

I s1 the paintings of Ernst, a figure of a transparent-winged Sphinx,’titilar to this, is given, under the specific name Oestriformis: we are notNearly convinced he intended it for this Insect , nor can we conceivename to be by any means applicable; we therefore pass over theTerence to that very scarce work as doubtful, and reject his specificllar ne lest he should mean another Insect .

Linnæus has not described this species, nor have we found a defcrip-ll °n of it in the writings of Fabricius.

L is rare in England. Thomas Marsham, Esq. Sec. L. S.av oured me with the specimen from which the annexed figure ista ken; it W as met with in Kensington Gardens in June,

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