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and white. The thorax is reddish-brown with white stripes on the 
sides, and the abdomen has several white bars on the sides with two 
rows of white dots down the back. This insect is common in the 
southern states and I have taken a few in Massachusetts and Ohio. 
Dolba hyleus. 
A very common sphinx moth with a wide geographical range 
extending over the larger part of this country and Canada is Sphing 
gordius. ‘This insect is dark sooty gray and light gray or white with 
several black bars on the sides of its body, and a few pen-like mark- 
Sphinx gordius. 
ings also in black on the wings. It is very partial to lilac blossoms, 
and when the clusters of flowers are fully expanded it may sometimes 
be seen at dusk on a warm quiet evening in some numbers. So in- 
tent are these moths on their feast of honey that one may approach 
