INJURING THE LEAVES. 



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Remedies. — The only practical remedy so far 

 proposed is that of collecting the beetles by hand and 

 destroying them. As they fly especially just at dusk, 

 this is the best time for accomplishihg the work. 



Grape Sphinx Moths. 



The grape forms the favorite food of several spe- 

 cies of large and handsome sphinx moths. As there 

 is not space to discuss each of these, we will take the 

 Achemon Sphinx (Philampelus achemon) as an exam- 

 ple. The adult of this species (Fig. 55) is one of the 



Fig. 55. The Achemon Sphinx. 



most beautiful of the hawk moths. It measures 

 three and a half inches across its expanded wings, 

 and is brownish-gray in color, with lighter brown 

 variegations and deeper brown spots arranged on 

 the front wings, as shown in the figure. The poste- 

 rior wings are pink, more reddish toward the middle, 



