86 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE APPLE. 



in June, and is very handsome. The body is fawn-colored ; 

 on the top of the thorax is a chestnut-colored stripe, and on 

 the abdomen a dark-brown line. The front wings are fawn- 

 colored, clouded and striped with brown ; the hind wings are 

 rose-colored in the middle, with a brownish patch at the 

 tip, crossed by two or three short whitish lines, and having 

 near the inner angle a black spot with a pale-blue centre. 

 This moth measures, when its wings are spread, about three 

 inches across. 



It is comparatively a rare insect, and has never been known 

 to cause any serious injury. While partial to the apple-tree, 

 the caterpillar will also feed on the plum and wild cherry. 

 The moth remains hidden during the day, but becomes very 

 active at dusk. 



No. 32. — The Apple Sphinx. 



Sphinx Gordins Cram. 



This insect belongs to the same family as No. 31, viz., the 

 Sphingidse, or Sphinx family, and there is a general re- 

 semblance between the two species in all their stages. The 

 larva of the apple sphinx is a thick, cylindrical, apple-green 

 caterpillar, about two and a half inches long, with a reddish- 

 brown horn projecting from the hinder part of its back, and 

 with seven oblique stripes along each side, of a violet color, 

 margined behind with white. 



Late in the autumn it leaves off feeding and buries itself 

 deeply in the earth, where it changes to a brown chrysalis 

 with a short detached tongue-case. Here it remains until 

 the following season. 



The perfect insect is a strong, narrow-winged moth, which 

 appears on the wing from the latter part of May to the end 

 of June. (Fig. 85.) Its fore wings are dark brown, varied 

 with ash-gray, with black streaks within the veins, and a 

 white dot near the middle, resting on a long black line. The 

 hind wings are gray, with a band across the middle, and a 

 wide marginal band of black. Tiie fringes of the wings are 



