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is less common. Have found the larva on tomato and potato. 



I have neither taken the larva nor imago of N. riitf/ulata in 

 Missouri, though 1 found it a common hawk at Fort Smith, 



Ark. 



The pupa is easily distinguished by its doubly-curved tongue 



case, so unlike that of cdcux or Carolina. 



Mr. Otho C. Poling has taken <'/>i</v!<it<( at Quincy, Illinois, 

 and thinks it feeds on a solnaceous plant. Search for the 

 larva on convolvulus plants (sweet potato, bind-weed, morn- 

 ing glory, etc). 



Out of twenty lar\;r. September, 1S97, I obtained but one 



pupa of J/. Carolina. Nineteen of ithem were parasitized. T 

 have found dark brown larva 1 of .17. caro/itm only on jimson. 



IhirciiuiHt iiii(lii!oMt is common about ( 'urryville, and Mr. 

 Poling has found the larva? plentiful at Quincy. 



I have found the larva 1 on ash in August. There is much 



variation of color in the caterpillars. The moth looks not un- 

 like ('ci'iitoniid (nni/n1oi\ but some large males have a faint 

 grayish green tinge that gives a handsome appearance to the 

 fly. The larva- of Ceratomia amyntor are quite common some 

 years. Unlike the larv;e of other hawks, the\ have four 

 fleshy horns behind the head. The whole larva has a rough, 

 granular appearance, in perfect harmony wit li the harsh, 

 toothed foliage on which it feeds. Mr. Ealph Sweet took quite 

 half a hundred larva- of <itiii/iif< . one September, from a single 

 elm tree. 



Of Tlii/rriix (ihhotii I have seen but one larva taken on grape. 



II is probably common, though I have not found it so. .Mr. 

 Poling showed me a number of pupa- of ithhotii from larva- 

 taken at Quincy. The larva of Thi/rcii* has no caudal horn. 



JEllopos titan and .luijt/iion //r,s.sm-, as well as Lepisesia flavo- 

 faxciata, may be sought at early flowers, as serviceberry and 

 lilac. They fly at mid- clay and are early spring species. T 

 have seen no one of them in Missouri. 



ffciii<iriK tcmtiN, if it be a good species, is probably an inhab- 

 itant of Missouri. The writer has Taken a mot h at Mowers in 

 April that answers to the description of t his hawk . //./////////* 

 is very common. I have taken the My at horsemint Mowers 

 in Max and thistle blooms in August. The larva feeds on 

 buckberry, snowberry and I'everwort . II. flii/xhc, like </ijjiii/*, 

 hovers o\ er eai'ly (lowers and thistle blooms in the hot sun- 

 shine in August. Both dijjin /.s and Ilii/xhc ai'e double-brooded. 



The larva of /////.s//r is common on black-haw and snow-ball, 

 and may be known by the toothed yellow collar behind the 

 head. 



