THE WHITE-LINED SPHINX. 



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quently observed that season, and only rarel}* in 190-i, so that it seems 

 probable that the insect was checked by the parasitic liy mentioned. 



Ma}" IS, 19()4, a number of hirvji? were taken at Terrell, Tex. The 

 tirst pupated June 3, another June 7, and a third June 14. The 

 moths from the two last mentioned emerged June 21 and July 2, 

 respectively. On June 11 a pair of moths were taken in coita. On 

 the l(»th, 1>H nearly globular green eggs were laid by the female on 

 ■the leaves, from one to eight eggs being deposited in a place. These 



Fig. 5. — DeilrphUd liiitatn: a. motlr, h, jtiile larva; e, dark form of larva; d, pnpa— all natural size 



(from ChittendL-n). 



hatched June 2(), but, unluckily for the continuation of the experi- 

 ment, the young larvie died. 



It would seem evident that there is another and possiblj^ a third 

 generation during the season in Texas, although no observations were 

 made later in the 3'ear than those above reported. Riley states that 

 there is but one generation in a year", but Forbes^ records two broods, 

 the larva? of the first appearing in July and August, and those of the 



«1871: 3d Kept. State Ent. Mo., pp. 140-142, fi^js. 60-62; and 1884: Kept. Comm. 

 Agr. f. 1884, ]). 412. 



^m)0: 21st Kept. State Ent. [11., p. 155. 



