TAB. XXXVII.
S PHINX K A LMIÆ.
MOUNTAIN IVY HAWK-MOTH.
K A L M IA L A T I F O L I A . L IN N ,
BROAD-LEAVED KALM IA, OR MO U NTA IN IVY.
S. alls integris margine albo punétato : poflicis luteolis fafciis duabus nigris, abdomixle
albo cingulis nigris.
T h i s caterpillar was taken feeding o n th e Mountain Ivy m May. I t likewile eats
th e Chionanthus. . On th e 3d o f Ju n e it w e n t in to th e ground, and on th e 25th
the fly came out. This fpecies is very fcarce, and has not been found in Vir-
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gima.
The elegant Kalmia we find deftined to nourifh its peculiar Sphinx, though its acrid bitter
juices are difagreeable and even fatal to quadrupeds. The fame contrariety of taftes or con*-
flitutions between thefe different tribes of animals holds good with refpedt to many other
plants, as Linnaeus has long ago obferved. This moth is nearly related to S. Liguflri, but
cannot be confounded with that or the laft defcribed, on account of the white-dotted margins
of all the wings, and the different markings of the upper ones. Its abdomen pretty clofely
refembles that of the privet moth, except in being deftitute of a rofe-coloured hue.