Catalogue of North American Sphinges. 297 
The only specimen which I have seen was taken by Prof. 
Hentz in North Carolina, and now belongs to the Boston Soci- 
ety of Natural History. 
10. 8. Coniferarum. Smith—Abbot. 
Gray; fore-wings with about three narrow and indented 
brownish bands, a spot near the middle, one or two streaks be- 
yond the middle, and the nervures near the outer margin brown; 
hind-wings dusky or blackish gradually fading into gray towards 
the base ; fringes spotted with brown and white; abdomen gray 
with brownish incisures. Expands one inch and three quarters 
fo two inches and three quarters. Larva, as figured by Abbot, 
(Ins. Georg. p. 83, pl. 42,) chequered with brown and white spots, 
With a dorsal whitish line, and a short caudal horn. It eats the 
ves of various kinds of pine, and enters the earth to transform. 
Mr. Leonard informs me that the tongue-case of the Pupa is 
short, and buried so as not to rise above the leg-cases. 
For my specimen J am indebted to the Rev. L. W. Leonard, 
Who raised it from a larva found on the pine in Burlington, Vt. 
lu the cabinet of the Boston Society of Natural History there is 
. larger specimen, which was taken in North Carolina by Prof. 
Hentz ; the bands on the wings in the latter are less distinct than 
M my specimen. é 
MOM. Bile. 1. 
Gray ; fore-wings slightly indented on the outer margin, with 
afew irregularly scattered black dots, and a blackish stripe ex- 
lending from the base to the tip; hind-wings rust-red, with a 
broad black hind-border; thorax with five longitudinal black 
lines, and abdomen on each side banded with black. In the fe- 
male the blackish stripe on the fore-wings and the lines on the 
thorax are usually wanting or indistinct. _Expands three and a 
Warter to four inches. Inhabits the Southern States, the West 
Indies, and South America. 
; In the cabinet of the Boston Society of Natural History there 
'SAspecimen of this tropical insect, which was captured by Prof. 
“entz in the interior of North Carolina, where eventually the spe- 
“es may become common. According to Madam Merian (In- 
Stes de Surinam, page and plate 61) the darva, in Surinam, 
‘Ves on the leaves of a species of Psidium or Guava, 1s of an ob- 
‘eure brown color, with a black dorsal line, some small irregular 
White spots on the sides, and the head and caudal horn purple. 
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