SPHINX LUSCITIOSA 149 



food-plants reported for lusc'diosa, but we have found 

 larvae on bayberry, blueberry, and Andromeda ligus- 

 trina within three years, as well as on Prinos IcEvigata. 



Out of doors the caterpillars burrow in the earth to 

 pupate, but pupate perfectly on the bottom of their 

 tins in the Crawlery. The pupa is of a bright ma- 

 hogany-color, with a short raised tongue-case extend- 

 ing about three sixteenths of an inch down the thorax. 



The caterpillars are often stung by braconid flies, 

 and very thoroughly stung, too, being covered with the 

 cocoons when the parasitic larvae come out to spin. 

 This seems a great waste. We can bear having myron 

 stung now and then, and rejoice when the tent-cater- 

 pillars fall victims to parasites ; but when luscitiosa or 

 astylus or Dolha hylceus is found dotted with eggs, or 

 breaks out with cocoons, the disappointment and sense 

 of loss are very great. 



The range of luscitiosa is not yet known. 



