TAB. XXXIX.
S P H I N X L INE ATA.
P U R S L A N E , OR P IN K -U N D E R W IN G H AW K -M O T H .
P O R T U L A C A O L E R A C E A . L IN N ,
G A R D EN PU R SLA N E.
S. alis integris' olivaceis vitta flavefcente ftriifque albis: poflicis nigris fafciâ rubrâ.
Sphinx lineata. Fabr. Eniom. emend. V. 4. 368.
S. Daucns. Cram. Pap. 1. 125. f . D.
T h e food o f this Ipecies confLfts o f Purflane, Buck weed, and th e leaves o f the
W a te r Melon. I t w e n t under ground May n t h , came forth th e 3d o f June, and;
another, which buried itfelf Augufl 22d, came o u t th e 18th o f September. Th e
moth often flies by day, and feveral were taken in a garden in Virginia fucking
Lilac blofloms on th e 17 th o f April. T h e caterpillar w h e n full g row n is fomewhat
larger th an it is here delineated.
This fpecies of Sphinx, though unnoticed by Linnaeus, or rather confounded by him with,
his S. Celerio, is a native of Europe, as well as America. It ought undoubtedly to be placed
between Celerio and Vttis.