INSECTA— SPHINX CAROLmA. 



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orange above, variegated with black and white beneath ; four eyes on the 

 losterior pair. Its larva feeds on nettles, thistles, docks, and other herbage, 



by the sides of ditches, and changes its state about the middle or latter end 

 of July. 



THE SPHINX CAROLINA. 



The larva of this moth is green, with lateral spiracles on every seg- 

 ment, surrounded by a purple ring ; and the caudal spine is of the same 

 color. When full grown, they are thickest in the middle; their horn or 

 tongue is generally curled ; and they have two feelers. Their wings are 

 clodded, entire, and the posterior margin is dotted with white; the abdomen 

 has five pairs of fulvous spots. 



In America, they are sometimes distinguished by the name of tobacco 

 moths, on account of their feeding entirely on that plant. 



