204 Catalogue of Lepidojytera with their Food-plants. 



Smerinthus myops, A. & S. Food ; wild and cultivated cherry. Scarce. 

 Smerinthus astylus, Drury. Food ; various sj)ecies of huckleberry, and 



wild and cultivated cherry. Rare. 

 Paonias excaecatus, A. & S. Food ; apple, plum, cherry, Spircea opulifoUa, 



liubus odoratus, Wisteria, elm, oak, hazel, hornbeam, birch, willow, 



poplar, linden, and various species of roses. Common. 

 Triptogon modesta, Harr. Food ; poplar and willow. Rare. 

 Cressonia juglandis, A. & S. Food ; hickory, walnut, and iron wood ( Ostryu). 



It is also said to feed on wild cherry, according to Dr. Packard. Not 



common. 

 Ceratomia amyntor, Hiib. Food ; elm, linden, and birch. Common. 

 Darenima undulosa, Walk. Food ; lilac, privet, and ash. Common. 

 Daremma jasminiarum, Bd., Lee. Food; ash and lilac. Scarce. 

 Phlegethontius Carolina, L. Food ; tomato, potato, tobacco, and James- 

 town weed (Datura stramonium). Common. 

 Phlegethontius celeus, Hiib. Food ; tomato, potato, Jamestown weed, 



matrimony vine {Lycium vulgare) and ground cherry {Physalis viscosu). 



Common. 

 Phlegethontius cingulata, Fab- Food ; various species of the convolvulus 



family : also on Jamestown weed (Datura). Rare. 

 Sphinx drupiferarum, A. & S. Food; plum, lilac, apple, cherry. Not 



common. 

 Sphinx kalmiae, A. & S. Food; ash, lilac, laurel, and Chionanthus. 

 Sphinx lucitiosa, Clem. Food ; willow. Very rare. 

 Sphinx chersis, Hiib. Food ; lilac and ash. Common. 

 Sphinx gordius, Cram. Food ; ash, apple, privet, and Myrica cerifera. Not 



common. 

 Sphinx eremitus, Hiib. Food ; mint, wild bergamot, and Salvia. Rare. 

 Dolba hylaeus, Dr. Food; sweet fern (Compto?iia asplenifolia). Rare. 

 Hyloicus plebeius, Fab. Food ; trumpet-vine (Tecomaradicans). Not rare. 

 Ellema coniferarum, A. & S. Food ; pine. Rare. 



^GERIADiE. 



Melittia ceto, West. Larva in stems of squash and pumpkin vines. Common. 



Alcathoe caudatum, Harr. Scarce. 



Trochilium apiformis, L. Larva in canes of willow. Rare. 



Bembecia marginata, Harr. Larva in canes of blackberry and raspberry. 



Common. 

 Sciapteron polistiformis, Harr. Larva in stems of grape-vines. Scarce. 

 Fatua denudata, Harr. Larva jn young shoots of ash. Rare. Taken by 



Mr. B. Neumoegen at Morris Plains, N. J. 

 Podosesia syringae, Harr. Larva in young shoots of ash and lilac. Common. 

 Sannina exitiosa, Say. Larva in trunks of peach and plum. Common. 

 iEgeria pictipes, G. & R. Larva in trunk of plum. Rare. 

 iEgeria pyri, Harr. Larva in trunk of pear. Scarce. Not common. 



