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case separate, "like a jug-handle." There is a certain resem- 

 blance between this and the next genus to the Aclierontinae, 

 an Old World group, and this in all stages. 



Rustica. Fabr. (Chionanthi Abb. a. Sm.). Very large, 

 the primaries shaded with deep brown ; abdomen with yellow 

 spots ; a handsome species, found only occasionally outside 

 of the Southern States ; reported to me from Ohio and 

 Kentucky, also New Jersey. 



Carolina. Linn. "Tobaco worm." Dark gray, the 

 wings crossed by a number of wavy, indistinct lines; a 

 white spot at base of forewings and one edged with dark 

 scales on disc ; liindwings gray, with a basal smoky spot, 

 crossed by three darker lines and with smoky borders ; ab- 

 domen with five dark yellow spots, surrounded with black. 

 Larva on Solenaceae (Tobaco, etc.). Common ; double brooded. 

 West Indies, northward to Canada. 



Celeus. Hiibn. (Carolina Harr.). "Tomato worm." 

 This is rather heavier than preceding and more common at 

 the North, I have not seen it from the Gulf States. It is 

 paler colored, more cinereous or ashen; forewings with the 

 lines more evident; hind wings quite pale crossed by two 

 strongly dentated lines over the middle, a curved line 

 within and a smoky spot at base of wing ; abdomen with 

 five dark yellow spots as in preceding species (hence the 

 name 5-maculata, under which this form was described by 

 English authors). Common, double brooded. Larva green 

 and brown in color, on Solenaceae, especially Tomatos, also 

 on Datura and Tobaco. Canada southward. 



Ciiigulata. Fabr. Much stouter than the European 

 Convolvuli and shaded with brighter roseate. Very dark gray; 

 the thorax behind distinctly shaded with blue and yellow 

 over the metathoracic tufts. Hind wings shaded with rose 

 color and five rose colored spots, somewhat squarer than 

 usual, adorn the abdomen, separated by black bands. Not 

 so common as the preceding. West Indies, northward to 

 Canada. Larva on Convolvulus, Sweet Potato and also on 

 Solenaceae. 



