INSECTS FN FES TING THE GRAPE. 



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Fig. 157. 



CHAPTER XnX. 



The Achemon Sphinx. (Cal.) 



{Phihtiiiitrli'< (ichrriniii. — Dnirv.) 



Order. Lepidoptera : Family, SpiiiNriiDyE. 



[Feeding upon the leaves of the grapevine, a large green 

 yellowish or hrown worm, with six narrow cream-colored spots 

 on each side of the body.] 



Fig. 157- 

 Caterpillar 

 of A c h e - 

 mon sphinx 

 — <• o 1 () r s , 

 yellow and 

 l)rown. 

 When fully grown (Fig. 157) it measures about three inches 

 and six lines in length ; it then deserts the vine and enters the 



earth, where it forms a 

 smooth cell in which to 

 imdergo i t s transforma- 

 tion. fFig. 1.5S.) 



Fig. 15S. — Pupa of Ache- 

 mon sphinx — color, brown. 

 The young worm is green, with a long slender horn on the 

 hind end of the body ; after casting its skin several times the 

 horn disappears, and in its place is a polished black tubercle ; 

 the body is now a pale straw-color on the back, the sides brown 

 and marked with six narrow scalloped cream-colored spots. 



The fore-wings of the moth (Fig. 159) expand from three to 

 four inches, are of a dark olive-gray color, marked with three 

 dark olive spots ; the basal part of the hind wings is roseate, 

 followed by a dark stripe, next to which is the olive border. 

 The body is fawn color, with two triangular olive colored spots 

 on the thorax. 



