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INSECTS ABROAD. 



a slight pinkish tinge is seen to be spread over the surface of 

 the lower wings. The abdomen is also pale grey, but a black 

 line runs down the centre ; each segment is edged with a thin 

 line of black, and along each side are five large oval patches of 

 yellow, edged with black, and each having a little white spot 

 immediately above it. 



The Sphinx satellita is here given because it is an insect very 

 plentiful in North America, and is apt to do harm to the grape- 

 vine, on which it feeds, unless its numbers are kept down by 

 liand-picking. The following extract is a digest of an article in 

 the " American Entomologist " : — 



Fio. a7o. — sphinx satellita. 

 (OHve-grey and dark olive-green.) 



" It occurs in almost every State in the Union. The larva 

 has five cream-coloured spots on each side, and in the month of 

 September is full-grown. The eggs are glued firmly and singly 

 to the leaves of the plant. When just hutched, and for some 

 time afterwards, the larva is green, with a tinge of pink along 



