T A B. XXVI;
S P H I N X M T O P S .
Y E L L O W -U N D E R W IN G E Y E D H A W K -M O T H .
P R U N U S V IR G IN IA N S . L'INN.P
AMERICAN BIRD-CHERRY.
S. alis angulatis: primoribus apice anguloque pöftico macula' flàva; pofticis flavis ocello
cærulèo epupillato.*-
T h is is a "very rare fpecies. T h e caterpillar w a s taken feeding on th e w ild cherry,
and buried itfelf Ju n e 12th. I t came o u t the 2d o f Ju ly . A n o th er w e n t into the
ground October 27, and the moth appeared in May.
Mr. Drury’s ocellatus jainaicenfis, mentioned in the laft page, has its fore" wings angulated
very much like this, but the markings of the two, and efpecially in their poflerior edge, are-
very diftihdt;' neither do their hind wings agree in colour. His S. AJlylus, tab. 26. f 2, agrees,
with our myops in the hind wings, but the fore ones are widely different in form and colour.
It appears there are many fpecies of Sphinx with eyed fpots on the hind wings, which have
not hitherto been defcribed by fyftematic authors.
It may not be amifs to remark here how much lefs difference there is in this genus between
the caterpillars of fpecies nearly allied, than in the genus Papilio.