Sphingidae 
(i) Celerio lineata Fabricius, Plate II, Fig. 14, $ . (The 
Striped Morning Sphinx.) 
Syn. daucus Cramer. 
This is probably the commonest of all the North American 
Sphingidae. The larva feeds upon Portulaca. There is con¬ 
siderable diversity in the maculation of the larvae. The two 
figures here given represent the two most usual forms of the 
caterpillar. The insect ranges over the southern portions of 
Fig. 34. —Light form of larva of C. lineata. (After Riley.) 
British America to the Gulf of Mexico and southward to the 
Antilles and Central America. I have seen hundreds of the 
moths swarming about the electric lights in the streets of 
Denver, Cheyenne, and Colorado Springs. The moth flies con- 
Fig. 35 .—Dark form of larva of C. lineata. (After Riley.) 
stantly in bright sunshine on the Laramie Plains of Wyoming 
in the month of August, frequenting the blossoms of thistles. 
I have seen it busily engaged in extracting the sweets from dew- 
spangled beds of Soapwort (Saponaria), in the valleys of 
Virginia long after the sun had risen in the morning. 
(2) Celerio intermedia Kirby, Plate II, Fig. 20, $ . (The 
Galium Sphinx.) 
Syn. epilobii Harris ( non Boisduval); chamcenerii Harris; galii Walker; 
oxybaphi Clemens; canadensis Guende. 
This hawkmoth, which is the North American representant 
of Celerio gallii , which is found all over the north temperate 
regions of the Eastern Hemisphere, ranges from Canada to 
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