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The species under consideration is fovnid on the vine and 

 the creeper in July and August ; wlien fully grown, it de- 

 scends to the ground, conceals itself under fallen leaves, 



Fig. lo2. 



which it draws together hy a few threads so as to form a 

 kind of cocoon, or covers itself with grains of eartli and 

 rubbish in the same way, and under this imperfect cover 

 it changes to a pupa or chrysalis j,,., ^.^ 



(Fig. 154), and finally appears in ^^a^m^^^^bm^ 

 the winged state in the month of ^B^^^^^^^^f^jk 

 July of the following year. The ^^^^. , , , , 

 moth, to which Sir James Edward Smith gave the name 

 of Pamphiatrix^^ (Plate V. Fig. 4), from its living on the 

 shoots of the vine, expands from two and a half to three 

 inches, is of an olive-gray color, except the hind wings, 

 which are rust-colored, and the fore wings and shoulder- 

 covers are traversed with olive-green bands. 



Among the Sphinges of Massachusetts may be mentioned 

 those belonging to the genus Smerintlius^ whose tongue is 

 very short and scarcely visible, and whose fore wings are 

 generally scalloped on the outer edge. Their caterpillars 

 are rough or granulated, with a stout thorn on the tail, and 

 a triangular head, the apex of the triangle corresponding 

 to the crown. The blind-eyed Smerintlms (^S'. exccecata^ 

 Fig. 155) is fawn-colored, clouded with brown, except 

 the hind wings, which are rose-colored in the middle, and 

 ornamented with an eye-like black spot having a pale blue 

 centre. The caterpillar lives on the apple-tree, but is not 



[14 C. pnmpin"trix is Spldnx myron Cramer, und Sphinx cnoius Htibner. — 

 Morris.] 



