DEILEPHILA LINEATA 101 



top of the abdomen are olive-browD, the patagia being 

 edged with white, and the abdomen having a dorsal 

 line of white edged with black broken on the basal 

 segments. The fore wings are olive-brown, crossed by 

 a band of buff, the inner end of which is cyanic white. 

 The hind wings are smoky brown at the base and 

 outer edge, with a broad bright pink band across the 

 middle. The sides of the abdomen have a pink band 

 that does not extend all the way to the tip, and alter- 

 nate black and white patches. The wing-fringes are 

 white. The under side of the wings is grayer, with a 

 fainter buff band across both, a little pink being some- 

 times present on the hind wings. The wings are 

 speckled more or less with almost black, and have 

 some irregular patches of the same color. Along the 

 costa of the fore wings, for nearly half its length, lies 

 a line of very long, hair-like scales. The under side of 

 the abdomen is paler than the upper, and the under 

 side of the i:)alpi is white. The antennae are redder 

 brown, with white near the recurved tip. The tongue 

 is over an inch long. The eyes are large and promi- 

 nent, the legs colored like the under side of the ab- 

 domen. 



The moths flj^ from early morning till after dark, 

 perhaps all night. We have taken them feeding at 

 verbenas, honeysuckle, phlox, and the yellow day- 

 lilies. Into the last they dive so far that they can be 

 caught by closing the petals over them. We have 

 found them laying eggs on purslane at dusk. 



