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W in g s o b lo n g , e n t ire b la c k , tw o bars o f w h it e on th e an te r io r w in g s , and a y e llow fp ace on the
po fte r io r p air,
P a p i l i o T h a l l o ; a lls o b long is in te g er r im is n ig r is : an tic is fa fc iis duabu s , p o ftic is u u ic a fla v is . Lm n .
Syfi. N a t . 2. 7 5 6 . 62 .
P ap ilio T h a l lo : F a i . Em . Syfi. 3. y . 1 . 1 7 3 . 6 3 7 .
S p h in x p ed t in ico rn is ; L in n . Syfi. N a t . 2 . 8O7 . 4 4 ?
Fab. Ent. Sy/l. 3. f . l . Sgg. 4 4 ?
I t is a lto g e th e r p e rp le x in g , and m y fte r iou s to us , th a t F ab r ic iu s , th ro n gh o u t a ll his w o rk s , au d e v en in
h is la ft en la rg ed and co r r e fled fy ftem a t ic ar ran g em en t , has g iv e n a P a p ilio T h a llo in th e HeBeonii d iv ifio n
o f th a t g en u s, w h en it is c le a r no fu c h P ap ilio has e x iften c e . L in næ u s has, u n d o u b ted ly , fo named an in .
f e a figu red in a p la te o f Edw a rd s 's b irds , tab . 2 26 , w ith a refe ren c e to th a t w o r k ; y e t i t is ce r ta in tire in f e a
the re figu red is n o t a b u tte r fly , b u t a lep id opte rou s I n f e a , to w h ic h an ten næ o f dub iou s f t ru a u r e h a v e
b e e n added, to p e r f e a its a p p e a ra n c e '. N o la te r au th o r has fig u red th e fam e fp e c ie s ; an d fp ec im en s o f it
b e in g e x t rem e ly fca rc e, i t is p ro b a b le F ab r ic iu s has b een u n a b le to d c t e a th e e rro r . In a dm it tin g this,
h ow e v e r , w e m u ft n e c e fia r ily n o t ic e th e fyn onym s o f Sphinx f c a in k om i s , w h e r e h e a lfo quo tes th e fam e figu re
in th e w o rk s o f Edw a rd s , T h u s w e fin d , f ii ro u g h o u t a ll th e ed itions o f th e F ab r ic ian S y ftem , a P a filio
Thallo and Sphinx fe a in k om h fo rmed o f th e fo lita r y f ig u r e o f on e in f e a . C r am e r has f in a lly in c re a fed th e
am b ig u ity o f its g en e r a , b y m a k in g an in f e a o f c lo fe a ffin ity , perhaps th e fam e fp ec ie s, a P ha læ na.
fid e P . Tiherina.
f Coincident obfervations on perfeft fpecimens of feveral infefts, nearly allied to this fpecies, tend to convince us, that thc
artift had only a mutilated fpecimen to copy from. Indeed, though the antennæ in his figure are terminated in a kind of capi-
tulum, like that o f the butterflies, the filaments are fome'what jagged, as if intended to appear (lightly peftinated. Cramer notices
the very clofe aflinity between his in feft, F . TéU.na, and that in Edwards’s work; which, he obferves, differs neither in form
nor colour, but only in having clubbed antennæ; thofe parts of his infeft being peftinated or feathered. — “ Mr. Edwards a
repréfenté un Papillon, qui ne différé de celui-ci, ni pour la coleur, ni pour ia delTein, mais qui a des antennes à boutons. Celui
que nous donnons ici eft gravé d’apres une Phalène qui a des antennes plumacécs,” &c. Cram. C. D. Pl. 3a.
Edwards calls this infeft the little black and white Butcher fly, becaufe it is figured on a plate with the black and white
Butcher bird.