Clje Canaijiiin ^ntomologbt. 



VOL. XIII. 



LONDON, ONT., MARCH, iSSr. 



No. 3 



KNTOMOLOGY FOR BK(;iNNKRS. 



THE SATELLITE SPJirNX—Thilawprlus satelUtia Linn. 



)!V 'rHl'; EDITOR. 



This is one of the most beautiful of our S])hinx moths, a rare as well 

 as lovely creature, and an object highly prized by collectors. It is found 

 throughout the northern LTnited States and occasionally in Canada, but is 

 no where very common. 



The moth (fig. 4), when its wings are expanded, will measure from 

 four to four and a half inches across. Its color is of a light olive mixed 

 with gray and varied with patches of a darker olive green, rich and vel- 

 vety, and some portions with a rosy hue. The moths apjjear in July, when 

 after pairing, the female deposits her eggs singly on the leaves of the 

 grape-vine or Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefoHa), where they 

 shortly hatch into small green ]arv?e of a pinkish hue along the back and 

 with a very long pink horn at the tail. As the caterpillar increases in 

 size the tail becomes shorter, and after a while curves round as shown at 



