218 ORDER I^PIDOPTERA. 



SpinNX BRONTES (Drury). (Plate xl, fig. I.) 



Antennte white within and brown on the outside, and tapering to a hooked bristleform 

 point. Upper side, fuscous and clouded, but traversed transversely by two or three 

 sets of black crinkled lines, the outer one forked at the outer angle of the anterior 

 wing, having the shape of the letter U : disc of the wing dirty yellow, and marked 

 with a white spot. Posterior wings, outer half brown ; base gray : the brown part is 

 traversed obliquely by a curved gray line. Head and neck dark brown ; thorax and 

 abdomen gray : the rings marked on each side of the median line by narrow black 

 bars. Under side : Breast white ; abdomen white, marked by four reddish spots 

 placed along the middle ; posterior wings dark gray brown, but gray upon the corners 

 and abdominal edges ; cilise white and brown ( Drury, Plate xxix, fig. 4). 



Sphinx octomaculatcs. ( Plate xxxviii, fig. 2.) 



Color black. Forewings marked with two oblong yellow spots ; hindwings with white 



spots : thorax has also yellow spots. Rings on the upper side of the abdomen white ; 



extremity black. 



This insect makes its appearance very early, and feeds upon the tender leaves of the 



rape-vine : its larva goes into the ground, where its transformations are completed. 



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Sphinx carolinus. (Plate xlii, fig. 10.) 



Color gray, grayish brown. Forewings marked with narrow zigzag bands, and with white 



spots, one at the base, and a small central one : hindwings banded. Abdomen marked 



with two rows of orange-yellow spots, five in each row. Expanse of wing from three 



to four inches. 



Sphinx convolvuli. Potato Hawkmoth. 

 This species has eight transverse bands upon the abdomen : the ground-color is red- 

 dish. Its posterior wings are marked with oblique black bands. The larva feeds upon the 

 sweet-potato vine. 



Sphinx chionanthi. Fringetree Moth. 

 This moth has three yellowish round spots on each side of the abdomen. The larva is 

 greenish yellow, and is marked obliquely with black and yellow on the sides. 



Sphinx vitis. Vine Hawkmoth. 

 Wings margined with red, and marked with yellow stripes : two interrupted stripes on 

 the back, and several transverse on the abdomen. 



