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rXSECTS fyFKS7VXG THE GRAPE. 



Fig. 164. 



swollen, thence tapering to the head, giving to this part a 

 vague resemblance to the head of a fat hog. \\'hen about to 



pupate it deserts the vine and 

 spins an imperfect cocoon be- 

 neath the leaves, etc. (Pupa, 

 Fig. 164.) 



Fig. 1()4. — Pupa of Hog C'ater- 

 pillar in its cocoon — color, 

 brown. 



The perfect moth (Fig. 165) expands about two inches and 

 three lines, and has the body and fore-wings of a lilac gray 



color, marked and 

 shaded with olive 

 green, while the 

 himl wings are of 

 a deep rust color, 

 with a shade of 

 gray near their in- 

 ner angle. — Riley. 

 Fig. 165.— Moth 

 of Hog Caterpil- 

 lar — colors, gray, olive-green and rust-red. 



Use the same remedies as recommended for the Achemon 

 S])hinx — Chapter CXIX. 



CHAPTER cm. 



The White-lined Sphinx. (Cal.) 



(Deilephila Hneuld — Fabrioius.) 



Order, LilTIDoptera : Family, 8pHiX(iii).E. 



[Feeding upon the leaves of the grape, apple, melon and 

 turnip; a green or brownish-black worm, having a horn upon 

 the hind end of the body.] 



