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Sub- family SPHiNGlN^E. 



This includes the more typical, gray-powdered hawk-moths, the cater- 

 pillars of which are all provided with anal horns and often have lateral 

 oblique stripes. The head and anterior segments of the body are not re- 

 tractile and none of them occur on grape or "Ampelopsis." 



DILOPHONOTA Burm. 



D. ello Linn. A visitor from the South, occasionally taken in some num- 

 bers by the Newark collectors; Elizabeth VII, 20 (Bz). The larva, 

 according to Dyar, feeds on "Euphorbia." 



D. alope Dru. Elizabeth IX, 27 (Bz) ; also a visitor. 



PHLEGETHONTIUS Hbn. 



P. celeus Hbn. (Protoparce) Throughout the State, VI-IX, rarely com- 

 mon; this and the following are potato or tomato "worms" in the 

 larval stage. 



P. Carolina Linn. With the preceding, but more common. These "horn- 

 worms," as the larvae of these two species are often called, feed on 

 "Solanacese" of all kinds and are sometimes decidedly troublesome, 

 less so on potatoes, which are generally sprayed with Paris green 

 or bordeaux mixture, than on tomatoes, where these poisons cannot 

 be satisfactorily or safely applied. In these cases hand picking is 

 quite generally resorted to with good results, as the insects are quite 

 readily seen with a little practice, and they are not so very numerous. 

 The large size of the individual accounts for the amount of injury 

 rather than the number of examples. 



P. rustica Fab. A single specimen taken by myself at Union Hill and 

 another recorded by Mr. Davis for Staten Island at electric light. 

 The species is an inhabitant of the State, but extremely rare. The 

 larva feeds on "Chionanthus" and "Jasminium." 



P. cinguiata Sni. Abb. Generally distributed but nowhere abundant. 

 The larva feeds on morning-glory, sweet-potato and other "Ipomaea" 

 and "Convolvulus" species until late in fall. Mr. Brehme records a 

 full-grown example on morning-glory, October 10. 



SPHINX Linn. 



S. kalmiae Sm. & Abb. Newark Dist. V-VII; Paterson (Gr) ; Staten Island 

 VIII (Ds); Palisades, Elizabeth, VI, VIII, IX (Bz) ; throughout the 

 State in all probability. Eggs have been found from late June to early 

 August and larvae from June to early September. It feeds on 

 ash, lilac, laurel and "Chionanthus." 



S. drupiferarum Sm. & Abb. Essex Co., May to August (div) ; Lake 

 Hopatcong (Pm) ; Staten Island VI (Ds) ; and probably generally dis- 

 tributed. Eggs are recorded in V and VI (Br) and larvae until VIII. 

 Food plants are lilac, cherry, apple, plum, &c., plum being a favorite 

 food and sometimes slightly injured. 



