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TAB. XXVII.
S P H I N X A Z A L E Æ .
W I L D -H O N E Y S U C K L E H A W K -M O T H .
A Z A L E A N U D IF L O R A . L IN N .
RED AND WHITE AZALEA, OR WILD AMERICAN HONEYSUCKLE.
S . alis fübangulatis : primoribus cærulefcentibus ftrigâ lata fufcâ : poflicis teftaceis imma-
.eulatis.
Sphinx Choerilus. Cram. Pap. t. 247. f - A?
I ts food is th e plan t above mentioned, and reprefented in th e plate. T h e caterpilla
r is o f tw o colours, and w hen difturbed draws in its head as in the figure. I t
lpun itfelf up in a th in web on th e leaves May n t h , and th e moth appeared Ju n e
-8th. Another which fpun on the lOth o f September remained till th e lo th o f April
following. I t is n o t common.
We fufpedt this to be the CliceriJus of Cramer, though the outline as well as colouring
of his are too different from our’s to be certainly taken for the fame. We have therefore
thought it beft to give our infedt a name applicable to its food, and quote the above figure
with a mark of-doubt.
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