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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  Sphingin^. 
  

  

  This 
  includes 
  the 
  more 
  typical, 
  gray-powdered 
  hawk-moths, 
  the 
  cater- 
  

   pillars 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  all 
  provided 
  with 
  anal 
  horns 
  and 
  often 
  have 
  lateral 
  

   oblique 
  stripes. 
  The 
  head 
  and 
  anterior 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  are 
  not 
  re- 
  

   tractile 
  and 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  occur 
  on 
  grape 
  or 
  "Ampelopsis." 
  

  

  DILOPHONOTA 
  Burm. 
  

  

  D. 
  ello 
  Linn. 
  A 
  visitor 
  from 
  the 
  South, 
  occasionally 
  taken 
  in 
  some 
  num- 
  

   bers 
  by 
  the 
  Newark 
  collectors; 
  Elizabeth 
  VII, 
  20 
  (Bz). 
  The 
  larva, 
  

   according 
  to 
  Dyar, 
  feeds 
  on 
  "Euphorbia." 
  

  

  D, 
  alope 
  Dru. 
  Elizabeth 
  IX, 
  27 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  also 
  a 
  visitor. 
  

  

  PHLEGETHONTIUS 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  P. 
  celeus 
  Hbn. 
  (Protoparce) 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  VI-IX, 
  rarely 
  com- 
  

   mon; 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  are 
  potato 
  or 
  tomato 
  "worms" 
  in 
  the 
  

   larval 
  stage. 
  

  

  P. 
  Carolina 
  Linn. 
  With 
  the 
  preceding, 
  but 
  more 
  common. 
  These 
  "horn- 
  

   worms," 
  as 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  species 
  are 
  often 
  called, 
  feed 
  on 
  

   "Solanacese" 
  of 
  all 
  kinds 
  and 
  are 
  sometimes 
  decidedly 
  troublesome, 
  

   less 
  so 
  on 
  potatoes, 
  which 
  are 
  generally 
  sprayed 
  with 
  Paris 
  green 
  

   or 
  bordeaux 
  mixture, 
  than 
  on 
  tomatoes, 
  where 
  these 
  poisons 
  cannot 
  

   be 
  satisfactorily 
  or 
  safely 
  applied. 
  In 
  these 
  cases 
  hand 
  picking 
  is 
  

   quite 
  generally 
  resorted 
  to 
  with 
  good 
  results, 
  as 
  the 
  insects 
  are 
  quite 
  

   readily 
  seen 
  with 
  a 
  little 
  practice, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  very 
  numerous. 
  

   The 
  large 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  individual 
  accounts 
  for 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  injury 
  

   rather 
  than 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  examples. 
  

  

  P. 
  rustica 
  Fab. 
  A 
  single 
  specimen 
  taken 
  by 
  myself 
  at 
  Union 
  Hill 
  and 
  

   another 
  recorded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Davis 
  for 
  Staten 
  Island 
  at 
  electric 
  light. 
  

   The 
  species 
  is 
  an 
  inhabitant 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  but 
  extremely 
  rare. 
  The 
  

   larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  "Chionanthus" 
  and 
  "Jasminium." 
  

  

  P. 
  cingulata 
  Sm. 
  & 
  Abb. 
  Generally 
  distributed 
  but 
  nowhere 
  abundant. 
  

   The 
  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  morning-glory, 
  sweet-potato 
  and 
  other 
  "Ipomaea" 
  

   and 
  "Convolvulus" 
  species 
  until 
  late 
  in 
  fall. 
  Mr. 
  Brehme 
  records 
  a 
  

   full-grown 
  example 
  on 
  morning-glory, 
  October 
  10. 
  

  

  SPHINX 
  Linn. 
  

  

  S. 
  kalmiae 
  Sm. 
  & 
  Abb. 
  Newark 
  Dist. 
  V-VII; 
  Paterson 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  

   VIII 
  (Ds); 
  Palisades, 
  Elizabeth, 
  VI, 
  VIII, 
  IX 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   State 
  in 
  all 
  probability. 
  Eggs 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  from 
  late 
  June 
  to 
  early 
  

   August 
  and 
  larvae 
  from 
  June 
  to 
  early 
  September. 
  It 
  feeds 
  on 
  

   ash, 
  lilac, 
  laurel 
  and 
  "Chionanthus." 
  

  

  S. 
  drupiferarum 
  Sm. 
  & 
  Abb. 
  Essex 
  Co., 
  May 
  to 
  August 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Lake 
  

   Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VI 
  (Ds); 
  and 
  probably 
  generally 
  dis- 
  

   tributed. 
  Eggs 
  are 
  recorded 
  in 
  V 
  and 
  VI 
  (Br) 
  and 
  larvae 
  until 
  VIII. 
  

   Food 
  plants 
  are 
  lilac, 
  cherry, 
  apple, 
  plum, 
  &c., 
  plum 
  being 
  a 
  favorite 
  

   food 
  and 
  sometimes 
  slightly 
  injured. 
  

  

  