CATALOGUE OF INSECTS: 383 



N. ausonius Lint. Woodbury. IX, 5 (Sk). 



N. martialis Scudd. Sparta, Normannock, VII (Ds), *' New Jersey " (Aaron), 



V-VI and VII-VIII, two broods (Bt). The larva on red-root and wild 



indigo. 

 N. juvenalis Fabr. More or less common throughout the State from V to IX. 



There are two broods, and the larvae feed on wild beans and other 



Legumes, as well as on oak. 



N. horatius Scudd. 



N. terrentius Scudd. Both the last-named occur in this State, according to 

 Mr. Scudder's faunal maps ; but I have no actual records. 



PHOLISORA. Speyer. 



P. catullus Fabr. Common throughout the State V to IX. It is two-brooded 

 and the larva lives on Chenopodium and Atnaranthus. 



BUDAMUS Swains. 



E. pylades Scudd. Quite generally distributed from the latter part of May 



to the middle of August : the larva on clover and Lespedcza. 

 E. bathyllus Sm. Abb. Common throughout the State VI and VII, Cape 



May, V, 30, and IX (Sk): the larva on Lespedeza, wild bean and other 



Legumes. 

 E. lycidas Sm. Abb. Recorded from all sections VI, VII, and locally as 



common : larva on Desmodium and other Leguminosse. 

 E. cellus Bd. Lee. Taken rarely near Newark. The larva on Convolvulaceae. 

 E. tityrus Fabr. Throughout the State V to IX, not rarely : the larva on 



locust and other Legumes. 

 E. proteus Linn. Occasional near Newark (Soc) and Cape May (Aaron). 



The larva on wild bean, Phaseolus, and other Legumes. 



Series SPHINGIDES. 



These are the "hawk moths" often seen flitting about flowers during the 

 day and mistaken for humming birds ; but more often in the early evening, 

 hovering over deep flowers like Petunia or evening primrose, and extending 

 the long tongue to reach into the nectar. They are of moderate or large size, 

 very stout, abdomen long, conic, rarely with a fan-like tuft at the tip. The 

 antennae are fusiform and prismatic, with a short, re-curved tip, wings stout, 

 narrow and pointed. 



The larvae are as characteristic as the adults, and most of them are furnished 

 with a curved horn on the dorsal surface of the tail segment, or in place of it a 

 polished eye-like spot. They look formidable, but are actually harmless, and 

 from their habit of sometimes resting with head and anterior segments elevated 

 they get their "sphinx" appellation. 



