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fN.SECTS lyFKS'riAG THE GRAPE. 



paie olive-gray, marked with darker olive-green patches, one of 

 which is at the tip, one near the outer hind angle, and a third 

 on the hind margin near the bod}'. 



Fig. 1(51.— Satellite Sphinx — colors, gray and dark olive-green. 



Remedies.— Use Xos. 14. 100. and 101. (See R. B. Blow- 

 ers' letter. No. 33). 



CHAPTER CI. 



The Abbott Sphinx. (Cal.) 



( Till/ re as Alibiiiu — Swainson.) 



Order, Lepidoptera ; Family, SPHiNGiD.t:. 



[Feeding upon the leaves oi the grapevine ; a checkered 

 yellowish and brown worm, nearly three inches in length, hav- 

 ing a polished black tubercle on the hind part of the l)ody.] 



The ground color of this caterpillar (Fig. 102) is a dirty yel- 

 lowish, marked with numerous transverse black lines ant! 

 black-brown patches, forming a line along each side of the 

 body. The head is slightly roughened and dark, and is nuirketl 

 with a light streak, and there is another streak in tlie middle, 

 whicli sometimes forms the letter X. M'hen about to puj)ate, it 

 deserts the vine and s])ins a cocoon beneath the leaves, etc. 



Fig. 1 ( '.•_>.— 

 ^^^•1^^- Abbot Sphinx; 



upper ligure, 

 the caterpiJIai' 

 — colors, y c 1 - 

 1 o w i s h and 

 black : lowci- 

 li g u r r. t li e 

 iiiotb — (•oU)rs, 

 grayi.<b-liro\v n 

 and pale ycb 

 biw. 



I The jierfect 



\ moth(Fig. 102) 



has the outer 



y -calloped : the fore-wings are dull 



edge of tlif wings dec]! 



