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is pale olive, verging in some places into gray ; the markings 

 consist of patches and stripes of dark, rich velvety olive, 

 sometimes almost black (Fig. 414). Near the inner margins 

 of both pairs -of wings the lighter color shades out into pale 

 yellow, which is tinged in places with delicate rose-color. 



FIG. 414 Philampelus pandorus. 



These markings show a harmony of contrasting shades 

 rarely equalled elsewhere by nature or art. The larva is 

 one of the Hog-caterpillars. It feeds upon the leaves of 

 Virginia-creeper. When young it is pinkish in color, and 

 has a long pinkish caudal horn ; as it matures it changes to 

 a reddish brown, and the horn shortens and curls up like 

 a dog's tail and finally disappears, leaving an eye-like tuber- 

 cle. The caterpillar has on each side six cream-colored oval 

 spots, enveloping the spiracles. 



The White-lined Sphinx, Deilephila lineata (Dei-leph'i-la 

 lin-e-a'ta). This moth can be easily recognized by Figure 

 415. Its body and fore wings are olive-brown; there are 

 three parallel white stripes along each side of the thorax ; 

 the outer one of these extends forward over the eyes to the 

 base of the palpi ; on the fore wings there is a buff stripe 

 extending from near the base of the inner margin to the 

 apex, and veins III 6 to IX are lined with white; the hind 



