SPHINX BRONTES. Alis griseis puncto discoidali albido, strigisque
transversis undatis fuscis, posticis nigricantibus margine interno et ad
angulum ani pallidioribus. (Expans. Alar. 4 unc.)
SYN. Sphinx Brontes, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: New York.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ white within, brown outside. Head and neck dark
brown. Thorax and abdomen grey; on the hinder part of the former are two
black spots, and on each ring of the latter are two small black streaks,
placed on its sides, down to the tail. Anterior wings grey, with a white
spot in the middle of each near the anterior edges, and a small white
cloud next the tips; having several curved and indented black lines
crossing them from the anterior to the posterior edges, some being faint,
others very distinct; cilia brown, spotted with white. Posterior wings
very dark brown; but along the abdominal edges and corners grey; cilia
white and brown.
_Under Side._ Breast white. Legs mottled. Abdomen white, with four
reddish spots placed along the middle. Anterior wings dark grey brown,
without any marks on them, except at the tips, where is placed a narrow
white streak joining to the anterior edges. Posterior wings dark grey
brown; but next the abdominal edges white, without any marks on them,
except two faint lines crossing them from the anterior edges to the
abdominal corners.
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