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following summer, having remained in the ground during 
the whole winter and spring. ‘The moth, however, is not 
as handsome as its caterpillar, having wings of a light- 
brown color, variegated with white and dark brown, and 
expanding from four to five inches. 
The Humuine-pirp, or TRANSPARENT-WINGED SPHINX 
Figure 46. 

Humming-bird Sphinx. 
(Sesia Pelasgus), Fig. 46, also belongs to the large family 
of Sphinxes, but is distinguished by its transparent wings, 
fan-shaped tail, and by its appearance during the day, hov- 
ering over flowers like a humming-bird. It is very hand- 
some, and is frequently seen, in our flower-gardens, during 
the months of July and August. Its metamorphoses and 
habits of life are much the same as those of others of the 
same genus. 
The SatewiitiaA (Philampelus satellitia) is another very 
handsome Sphinx, the moth having wings of a light olive 
color, which expand from four to five inches. 
It is called Philampelus (Lover of the Vine), because its 
caterpillar feeds principally on the grape-vine, where it is 
found devouring the leaves, during the months of July and 
August. This larva is more than three inches long when 
at maturity, of a pale-green color, and ornamented with six 
cream-colored spots on each of its sides. Like all the 
others, it descends into the ground, transforms itself into a 
cocoon, which lies dormant during the winter, and from 
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