822 



LEPID P TER A. 



Big. 145. 



founded with the Carolina Sphinx (Sphinx Carolina of Lin- 

 naeus, Fig. 145, Fig. 146, larva, Fig. 147, pupa), which it 



Fig. 146. 



Fig. 147. 



closely resembles. It measures across the wings about five 

 inches ; is of a gray color, variegated with blackish lines 



and bands ; and on each 

 side of the body there are 

 five round, orange-colored 

 spots encircled with black. 

 Hence it is called by Eng- 

 lish entomologists Sphinx guinquemaculatus (Fig. 144), the 

 five-spotted Sphinx. Its tongue can be unrolled to the 



