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Erinnyis Lassauxi
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Form merianae Grote, Plate V, Fig. 2, female. (Madame Merian's Sphinx.)
This hawkmoth, which is widely distributed through the tropics of the new world, displays considerable variation, and several forms, or local races, have been recognized. The one which occurs within our territory we have figured, and the student will have no difficulty in recognizing it. The larva, which is said to closely resemble that of the next species, is reported to feed upon Morrenia in the West Indies. It occurs in Florida.