rNSECT^ FN FES rr NO THE (fit APE. 



183 



grayish-brown, variegated with dark brown ; the hind wings 

 are pale yellow, with a dark brown hind border. 

 Remedies. — Use Nos. 14, 100, and 101. 



CHAPTER CIl. 



The Hog Caterpillar. 



{Chcerocainpa pampinatrix — Abbott and Smith.) 



Synonym — Darapsa myron. — Cramer. 



Order, Lepidoptera ; Family, Sphingid.^. 



I I 1 I [ [ M I I I lihl 



The lueasiiiemeiits ot iiiseots in this work are jfiveii in inclies and lines. Tlie abo\e cut reo- 

 resents one inch diviiieil into lines and fractions thrreof. 



[Feeding upon the leaves of the grape-vines; a brown or 

 green worm, with a light stripe on each side of the body and a 

 curved horn on the posterior end.] 



The eggs of this species are perfectly round, of a unii'orm 

 yellowish-green color, and are glued, singly, to the underside 

 of the leaves. 



Fig. 163. — Hog Fiir. 163 



Caterpillar— color 

 green and yellow- 

 ish. 



The full grown 

 worm (Fig. 163) 

 measures a b o u t 

 one inch and six 

 lines in length ; is 

 of a pale green or 

 brown color, mark- 

 ed with a yellow 

 stripe on each side 

 of the body, and 

 with a row of dark spots on the back. It receives its name of 

 '' Hog Caterpillar " from the forei)art of the body being greatly 



