u t [5] li.
S P H I N X C O N I F E R A R U M .
P IN E OR C Y PR E S S H A W K -M O T H .
P IN U S P A L U S T R I S . L IN N .
L O N G -L E A V E D O R SW A M P P IN E -T R E E .
S. alis integris canis: primoribus lineolis duabus parallelis tertiâque divaricatâ nigris ftrigâ
denticulatâ tranfverfâ albidâ.
T a k e n feeding on th e Long-leaved Pine in Auguft, on th e 2 ^ th o f w h i c h month
it w e n t in to the ground. Another buried itfelf fo late as the lo th o f November.
T h e moth was produced April 8th. I t is n o t very common, b u t may b e found
occafionally throughout th e fummer fitting on th e tru n k s o f pines. I t feeds alfo
on th e Cyprefs, and is found in Virginia.
Some attention is requifite to diftinguiffi this- moth from the European S. Pinajlri, yet they
are undoubtedly different fpecies, bearing that great affinity to eaeh other which many European
plants do to American ones. The whitiffi zigzag ftripe aerofs the fore wings> not to
be feen in S. Pinajlri, and one of the fmall black ffjrokes Handing at a right angle with the
two others, inftead of being parallel to them, fee Drury's Inf. V. 1. t. 2i7- ĥ are the charadteriftic
marks of our S. coniferarum, not to mention Its caterpillar being Gheequered and
differently coloured from that of the S. pnajl-ri.