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sharply defined, and the basal band is not often distinct al)ove the 

 median stripe ; often it is a mere upright, white line. The pink outer 

 margin of secondaries is characteristic of the species. 



The larva has been figured by Abbot, and prior to that by Madame 

 Merian. Clemens and Morris describe it in somewhat different 

 terms, but I am unacquainted with any complete life history. 



P. paildortlS Hiib., Samml. Ex Schmett. ii, pi. 374, Dapimis ; Wlk.. C. B. M. 

 Lc]). Het. vili, 174, Philampelus ; Lint.,* Pr. E. S. Ph. iii, 659, larva; Beth.,* 

 Cau. Ent. i, 11: Saund.,* Can. Ent. i, 26; Bd., Sp. Gen. Het. i, 197, Philam- 

 pelus; But!., Tr. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix, 575, Philampelus ; Saund.,* Fruit Ins. 

 249, tigs. 258, 259; Fernald,* Sphing. 59, pi. iii, figs. 1 and 2, Philampelus ; 

 Grt., Hawk Moths 33. 

 satellitia X Harr.,* Sill. Journ. 36, 299, Philampelus : Clem.,* Journ. Ac. N. Sc. 

 Phil, iv, 1859, 154, Philampelus ; Morr.,* Syu. 1862, 176, Philampelus ; Harr.,* 

 Inj. Ins. Flint ed. 325, pi. v, fig. 2, Philampelus : Grt.. Pr. E. S. Phil, v, 61, 84, 

 pr. syn. ; Eiley,* Am. Ent. ii, 89, figs. 58, 59. larva ; 2d Mo. Eep. 76, figs. 52, 

 53; Bd.,* Sp. Gen. Het. i, 196, Philampelus; Saund.,* Can. Eut. xii, 41, figs. 

 4, 5, Philampelus ; Scudder,* Psyche ii, 68. 

 ampelophag'a Bdv. mss. ; Wlk.. C. B. M. Lep. Het. viii, 174, pr, syn. ; G. Jt 



R., Tr. A. E. S. ii, 76, pr. syn. 

 Upper side with a ground color of very pale olive green, with spots and shades 

 of rich or deep olive green. Palpi brownish at base. Head and thorax with a 

 narrow dark dorsal line ; patagipe olive green, forming a triaugular patch at each 

 side of thora.K and the latter also olive marked at base. Abdomen with a brown- 

 ish tinge ; a rich olive dorsal patch at base and a blackish patch each side ; a 

 somewhat indefinite, paler dorsal Hue. Primaries with a large olive green spot 

 on the middle of the inner margin. Connected by a somewhat paler olive shade 

 with the base of the wing. A triangular spot of green rests on the inner margin 

 just within the anal angle; between these two spots resting on the inner margin 

 the space is shaded with rosy scales, very distinct on veins 2 and 3. A somewhat 

 trigonate olive patch on costa just before apex, below which a yellowish shade 

 gradually loses itself in the ground color towards the middle of the siibterminal 

 space. A somewhat more diffuse and less distinct olive shade extends outwardly 

 from middle of costa and downward nearly to vein 3, sending a spur along this 

 vein to the outer margin. A series of three wavy, transverse lines before the 

 middle, visible only through the paler costal region ; a series of three angulate 

 and sinuate transverse lines beyond the middle, faintly marked through the 

 pale space on inner margin. Discal spot consisting of two or three small black 

 spots at the end of the cell. Secondaries very pale green basally ; a large round- 

 ish black patch at middle of inner margin ; a broad black subterminal half band, 

 breaking up at the inner half of its course into a series four or five lines on a 

 roseate ground; outer margin olive green. Beneath luteous ; primaries with 

 outer margin olivaceous gray, the shade very distinctly margined inwardly; two 

 somewhat bent darker transverse lines beyond the middle; a darker .shading 

 along internal margin. Secondaries paler along inner margin ; two very distinct 

 parallel transverse darker lines. Expands 3.75 -4.50 inches ; 95 — 112 mm. 



Hab. — United States east of the great plains ; Canada. 



