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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  EUDAMUS 
  Swains. 
  

  

  E. 
  pylades 
  Scudd. 
  Quite 
  generally 
  distributed, 
  from 
  late 
  May 
  to 
  mid- 
  

   August; 
  the 
  larva 
  on 
  clover 
  and 
  "Lespedeza." 
  

  

  E. 
  bathyllus 
  Sm. 
  Abb. 
  Common 
  locally 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  May 
  to 
  

   September; 
  the 
  larva 
  on 
  "Lespedeza," 
  wild 
  bean 
  and 
  other 
  legumes. 
  

  

  E. 
  lycidas 
  Sm. 
  Abb. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  locally 
  common, 
  May 
  to 
  

   July. 
  Larva 
  on 
  "Desmodium" 
  and 
  legumes 
  in 
  general. 
  

  

  E. 
  eel 
  I 
  us 
  Bd. 
  Lee. 
  Taken 
  rarely 
  near 
  Newark; 
  the 
  larva 
  on 
  Convolvu- 
  

   lus. 
  

  

  E. 
  tityrus 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  May 
  to 
  September, 
  not 
  rarely. 
  

   The 
  larva 
  on 
  locust 
  and 
  other 
  legumes. 
  

  

  E. 
  proteus 
  Linn. 
  Newark 
  (Soc); 
  5-mile 
  beach 
  (Haim) 
  ; 
  Cape 
  May 
  

   (Aaron) 
  ; 
  occasional 
  specimens 
  only. 
  The 
  larva 
  on 
  wild 
  bean 
  and 
  

   other 
  legumes. 
  

  

  Super-family 
  SPHINGOIDEA. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  "hawk-moths," 
  so 
  called 
  from 
  their 
  rapid 
  darting 
  flight, 
  

   and 
  habit 
  of 
  remaining 
  poised 
  in 
  the 
  air 
  for 
  a 
  time, 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  a 
  flower. 
  

   They 
  are 
  usually 
  crepuscular, 
  flying 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  twilight, 
  hovering 
  over 
  

   deep 
  flowers 
  like 
  petunia 
  or 
  evening 
  primrose, 
  into 
  which 
  they 
  extend 
  

   their 
  long 
  flexible 
  tongue 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  nectar 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  but 
  some 
  

   species 
  fly 
  in 
  the 
  bright 
  sun 
  of 
  mid-day. 
  They 
  are 
  of 
  moderate 
  or 
  large 
  

   size, 
  robust 
  build, 
  with 
  usually 
  pointed 
  wings, 
  conic 
  abdomen, 
  and 
  an- 
  

   tennae 
  that 
  are 
  fusiform, 
  prismatic 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  short, 
  recurved 
  tip. 
  In 
  

   some 
  species 
  the 
  tongue 
  is 
  nearly 
  six 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  when 
  fully 
  un- 
  

   coiled, 
  but 
  in 
  others 
  it 
  disappears 
  completely. 
  

  

  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  as 
  characteristic 
  as 
  the 
  adults, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  

   a 
  curved 
  horn 
  on 
  the 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  end 
  segment, 
  or, 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  

   it, 
  a 
  polished, 
  eye-like 
  spot. 
  They 
  look 
  formidable, 
  but 
  are 
  actually 
  

   harmless, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  from 
  their 
  habit 
  of 
  sometimes 
  resting 
  with 
  head 
  and 
  

   anterior 
  segments 
  elevated, 
  that 
  they 
  get 
  their 
  "sphinx" 
  appellation. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  of 
  economic 
  importance, 
  but 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  they 
  

   are 
  kept 
  in 
  check 
  by 
  their 
  parasites 
  and 
  other 
  natural 
  enemies. 
  All 
  of 
  

   the 
  caterpillars 
  are 
  susceptible 
  to 
  arsenical 
  poisoning. 
  

  

  Family 
  SPHINGID^. 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  Macroglossin^E. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  "humming-bird" 
  hawk-moths, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  

   partly 
  transparent, 
  the 
  colors 
  are 
  metallic 
  bronze 
  or 
  brown 
  and 
  yellow, 
  

   and 
  the 
  abdomen 
  has 
  lateral 
  and 
  terminal 
  flattened 
  tuftings. 
  They 
  fly 
  in 
  

   the 
  bright 
  sunlight 
  about 
  flowers, 
  favoring 
  lilacs 
  while 
  these 
  are 
  in 
  

   bloom, 
  and 
  are 
  often 
  mistaken 
  for 
  true 
  humming 
  birds. 
  

  

  