Sphingidae 



spots. The abdomen is generally marked on the sides by rows 

 of yellowish spots. 



The larvae are cylindrical with the head rounded. The anal 

 horn curves downward and is granulose. The prevalent colors 

 are shades of green. The segments, from four to eleven 

 inclusive, are marked on the sides with whitish diagonal stripes. 



The pupa has the tongue-case free, curved, and nearly 

 touching the pectus. 



This genus, which is confined to the two Americas, includes 

 thirty species, of which four occur within our faunal limits. 



(i) Protoparce sexta Johanssen, Plate IV, Fig. 2, ?. (The 

 Tomato Sphinx.) 



Syn. Carolina Linnasus; nicotiance Men^tries; lycopersici Boisduval. 



This is one of our commonest hawkmoths. Its larva feeds 

 upon the potato, tomato, and other Solanacece. It ranges over 

 the United States and is represented in Central and South 

 America by several subspecies or local races. 



(2) Protoparce quinquemaculatus Haworth, Plate IV, 

 Fig. 1, ? . See also text figures 20 and 22. (The Five-spotted 

 Hawkmoth.) 



Syn. celens Htibner; Carolina Donovan. 



Like the preceding species, this hawkmoth is very common. 

 Its larva feeds upon the Solanacece and is particularly destructive 

 to tobacco. It is familiarly known in the South as the 

 "tobacco fly." 



(5) Protoparce occulta Rothschild & Jordan, Plate IV, 

 Fig. 4, $ . (The Occult Sphinx.) 



This hawkmoth is found in a number of American collections 

 confounded with P. sexta = Carolina Linnaeus. It may readily 

 be distinguished by the different markings of the hind wings, 

 the absence of the two rows of small white spots on the back 

 of the abdomen, and by the small but conspicuous whitish dot 

 at the end of the cell of the fore wing. It occurs in Texas and 

 Arizona and ranges southward to Central America. Its larval 

 habits are not known. 



(4) Protoparce rustica Fabricius, Plate VII, Fig. 5, ? . (The 

 Rustic Sphinx.) 



Syn. chionanthi Abbot & Smith. 



The caterpillar of this hawkmoth feeds upon the fringe-bush 



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