>. Hiibn. 



Head prominent with interantennal ridge, eyes large ; 

 thorax heavy ; abdomen long and tapering with small terminal 

 tuft; fore wings angulate. 



Lugiibris. Linn. Entirely dark brown, shaded with 

 paler; the primaries with discal dot and exterior rigid line. 

 Larva on Anipclopsis and Grape. May to September, double 

 brooded in the South where it is common. New York to 

 "West Indies, rare in the North. 



Deidamia. Clem. 



Fore wings rather narrow as in Tlnjrcus, and also an- 

 gulated on external margin. Head with a ridged tuft between 

 antennae which are fusiform and hooked at tips; abdomen 

 with a slight anal tuft ; tibiae unarmed. Allied to preceding 

 genera by the tufts, the brown color and shape of primaries; 

 the angulated genera of this tribe feed also on Vitis. 



Iii.scripta. Harris. Greyish brown or reddish, the 

 forewings crossed by three brownish bands. The outer margin 

 has deeper colored lunnles as in Ampliion. Hindwings dull 

 reddish brown with white fringes. Larva on Awpelopsis and 

 grape, green with caudal horn. The moth is found from 

 June to August. Canada to Virginia. Not common. No known 

 Smerinthoid feeds on the grape. 



Subfamily Choerocampinae. 



Aiiglice: Elephant Hawk Moths. 



Abdomen untufted ; colors gaj r , often green, yellow and 

 roseate, wings long and with sharp, often falcated tips, larva 

 with the first segments narrow and capable of retraction; 

 pupation sometimes in a slight cocoon on surface of ground; 

 Food plants, in preference, Vitis, A 



