Sphingidae 



(i) Celerio lineata Fabricius, Plate II, Fig. 14, $ . (The 

 Striped Morning Sphinx.) 



Syn. daucus Cramer. 



This is probably the commonest of all the North American 

 Sphingidae. The larva feeds upon Portulaca. There is con- 

 siderable diversity in the maculation of the larvae. The two 

 figures here given represent the two most usual forms of the 

 caterpillar. The insect ranges over the southern portions of 



Fig. 34. Light form of larva of C. lineata. (After Riley.) 



British America to the Gulf of Mexico and southward to the 

 Antilles and Central America. I have seen hundreds of the 

 moths swarming about the electric lights in the streets of 

 Denver, Cheyenne, and Colorado Springs. The moth flies con- 



Fig. 35. Dark form of larva of C. lineata. (After Riley.) 



stantly in bright sunshine on the Laramie Plains of Wyoming 

 in the month of August, frequenting the blossoms of thistles. 

 I have seen it busily engaged in extracting the sweets from dew- 

 spangled beds of Soapwort (Saponaria), in the valleys of 

 Virginia long after the sun had risen in the morning. 



(2) Celerio intermedia Kirby, Plate II, Fig. 20, ? . (The 

 Galium Sphinx.) 



Syn. epilobii Harris (non Boisduval) ; chameenerii Harris; galii Walker; 

 oxybaphi Clemens; canadensis Guen6e. 



This hawkmoth, which is the North American representant 

 of Celerio gallii, which is found all over the north temperate 

 regions of the Eastern Hemisphere, ranges from Canada to 



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