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side valves minutely granulated, and edged behind with yellowish green. 

 Head oval, with two white vittai. Prolegs pink. 



Some entered the earth Sept. 1, 1821. 



Found on tomato, Oct. 16, 1844. Dark olive green, with seven oblique, 

 white, lateral band's. Head and top of first segment pea green, the latter 

 with two small blackish spots above (perhaps accidental, or the effect of 

 frost). Triangular tail-piece edged with whitish, and with three blackish 

 spots above. Segment minutely, transversely wrinkled, and the second and 

 third segments above minutely dotted with yellow granulations. Caudal 

 horn black, granulated. Legs black. Prolegs rather paler than the body. 

 Spiracles black. Head immaculate, smooth. 



Philampelus Achemon Drury [PL in, fig. 11]. P. Satellitia 

 Linn. 



These Sphinges were raised in pots half full of earth, but the chalk 

 numbers on the pots became effaced afterwards, so that it was impossible to 

 discriminate the -species. 



The brown larva [PI. in, fig. 11] was drawn Aug. G, 1821. It went into 

 the earth Aug. 11. It feeds on the grape vine leaves, and when young has 

 a deciduous tail, which is curled over the back like that of some dogs, but is 

 shed before the insect is half grown. 



Another entered the earth and became a pupa Aug. 10-11, 1821. 



Others found with only five lateral yellow spots. They entered the earth 

 in August, and became pupaj on the 1 7th of Aug. ; others on July 28 and 30. 



Chceroeampa pampinatrix Sm.-Abb. [PI. i, fig. 10.] 

 Larva found on grape vine leaves; one specimen concealed itself in a 

 dried leaf on the surface of the earth, when about to change to a pupa. 



Larva, found. Entered the earth. Pupa. Imago. 



July 31, 1821. Aug. 3. Aug. 6. Aug. 29, 1821. 



u it a "7. " " 



Aug. 30, 1821. Sept. 1. July 19, 1822. 



Sept. 8, 1821. 



Aug. 1, 1823. Aug. 10. 



Choerocampa chcerilus Cramer. 



Oct. 5, 1843. Larvfe exactly resembling Abbot's figure of S. azalea Sm. 

 were found Oct. 10. Made cocoons of a few threads, bits of leaves, and 

 two days afterwards were changed to pupas. 



July 27, 1850. Pound under Tradescantiavirginica, on the ground; gen- 

 eral color claret red above; head greenish, tinged with red, and rough with 



