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following summer, having remained in the ground during 

 the whole winter and spring. The moth, however, is not 

 as handsome as its caterpillar, having wings of a light- 

 brown color, variegated with white and dark brown, and 

 expanding from four to five inches. 



The HUMMING-BIRD, or TRANSPARENT- WINGED SPHINX 



Figure 4G. 



Humming-bird Sphinx. 



(Sesia Pelasgus), Fig. 46, also belongs to the large family 

 of Sphinxes, but is distinguished by its transparent wings, 

 fan-shaped tail, and by its appearance during the day, hov- 

 ering over flowers like a humming-bird. It is very hand- 

 some, and is frequently seen, in our flower-gardens, during 

 the months of July and August. Its metamorphoses and 

 habits of life are much the same as those of others of the 

 same genus. 



The SATELLITIA (Philampelus satdlitia) is another very 

 handsome Sphinx, the moth having wings cf a light olive 

 color, which expand from four to five inches. 



It is called Pkilampelas (Lover of the Vine), because its 

 caterpillar feeds principally on the grape-vine, where it is 

 found devouring the leaves, during the months of July and 

 August. This larva is more than three inches long when 

 at maturity, of a pale-green color, and ornamented with six 

 cream-colored spots on each of its sides. Like all the 

 others, it descends into the ground, transforms itself into a 

 cocoon, which lies dormant during the winter, and from 



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