9S0 ORDER ixrinopTrRA. 



InwAnlly hy wnvy lines of olive and fl(>«h-<x>lor : outrr half olirr, but markrti with 

 tmn^VfrM' nM>ri'viat<-<l liiu-s <>f darker. A|>irnl urru iins • |>atrii or d«->li rulor, l>ut 

 |iraiirli(-<i M> 0.1 to itultiilc a rottal <(|>i>l ofolivr : |M><ttrri<>r i!iar)^inuliv<',aiul thi- olive 

 uiiirkiil wiih unv\ l>iind!«. Hindwint;'* ninrk(-<i with n n>w <>f Milmiarglnal <>li\<- 'j-'l>. 

 Tin- rmi-jiiiiioiis ilark '>livi' >|H»t niJir tin- loxlj hiis Uhu iiotircd : tlwrr arc mI-o al 

 tfriiatiiii; nl>l>ri<\ intcd trtuisvcrx- Ilni-!i ofolivr niid ll(■^ll-ro|llr ncur the inner marKin. 

 Ik'iienth lititTtir ruMtiti", travenM-ti I*)' narruw l>ands ur linrtt : [lusterior margin darker. 

 Kx]>anH< uf wing ulnjut l<>ur inrhes. 

 This is not an uncommon ^I'e^ie» in New-York and Wentrm M«a«achuvtl». The lanir 



fetti U|>n till* Kr)k|M-viiie, and iDiire I>r. Mauuih bus given the generic nauie I'hUamj^tlus, 



'I love tlie vine.' Th«y also Aftl n|>on iUv .hnptlopiu. 



The larva may U* known l>y the rvcurved slender horn of the l^ck when immature, 



but wliiih is lost at the la.st moulting, leaving a siiiMith eyelike s]M>t. Color pale gnen : 



8id«-!t marked with oval cream -coloreti sjxits. The luiid in retractile, which makes the insect 



■pjK'nr shortened and l>liuit l>efore. 



When matun>, the insects are three inches in length : they are great feeders, and, when 



in niuuliers, injure vines in pn'itortion to the leaves consumed. 



Philami'ih s (Harris). Sphinx pampinatris? (Plate xiiv. u-d .' j 



Color olive. Heail tdive, from which i>rocee<ls divaric«ting Iwinds along the angles of the 

 thorax, ligliter l>etwien the forks. Antenna- light l>ufl'. Forewings liauded : at the 

 base olive, marked with a cstal siK)t of llesh-ctdor : middle band broatl and Ibsh- 

 oolor, with a dot of olive : external band olive, wide, sublanded or marked with m 

 strl|H> of flesh ; e<lge brownish, llindwings flc>h-c<dored, with an olive si>ot or im- 

 perfect Itaiid U|K)n the iinal angle. Bk-kfj^tm, buff : lm.<ial part of the forewings 

 slightly ferruginous ; the apical area buff; nuirgin li^ht idive. }Iin<lwings, l>ase light 

 biilf; t>uter half darker I'Ufl', marked with a wavy linejarallel to the edge; edge 

 lighter. U<Hty U-neath bulT : thorax colored like the base of the hindwings, and the 

 aUioinen like the oilier half, without s|M)ts. 

 Sup|>osed to lie a female. The general api»earance is much like the io/r//i7ta, but smaller. 



Obtained in the early part of August, liut d<jcs not appear to be common. Its larva not 



observed. Exjianse of wing, 2\ inches. 



Gems SMERINTHIS. 

 Wings angulated, entire. Antenna* biciJiated in the males. 



