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The Moths and Butterfiies 



Exceedingly variable in color and pattern, it is usually yellow-green with a 

 conspicuous longitudinal row of elliptical spots on each side of the back. 



Fig. 626. — Larva of Smeriiithiis gemitiatus. (After Lugger; natural size.) 



each spot consisting of two curved black lines enclosing a bright crimson 

 blotch and a pale-yellow line; all the spots are connected by a pale-yellow 



Fig. 027. — Sphinx gordiits, i^Aiu-r Luggt-r; natural bi/e.) 



line edged above with black. Sometimes the larva; are black, with a 

 narrow yellow line along the back and a series of paler- and darker-yellow 



