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is short, thick, rounded, and of a light green ; 

 sometimes becoming light gray, and being tinely 

 speckled and banded with dark gray. The skin 

 is so thin and delicate that the colors of the 

 future butterfly which in two or three weeks 

 escapes from it, may be distinctly seen. 



The male butterfly (Fig. .s2) is of a deep 

 coppery -red on (he upper side, bordered and 

 poflfdered and marked with dark purplish- 

 brown, as shown in the figure. The under side 

 is o( afemlle morte brown with a greasy lustre, 

 the scales being beautifully shingled transversely 

 so as to remind one of that article of dry-goods 

 which tlie ladies call rep : while the bands which 

 commenced on the front wings above, may be 

 traced further across the wing, and there is a 

 transverse band on the hind wings, Avith an 

 indistinct white spot near the upper edge. The 

 female (Kig. ^'^) is of a lightsr color than the 

 male, marked with purplish-browu as in the 

 figure, the transverse bands being quite dis- 

 tinctly defined with very dark brown. The 

 uiuler side is verv much as in tlie male. 



INSECTS IN.n'RIOUS TO THE riRAPE-VINE.-No. 5. 



The Ablmt Spliiiix. 

 ~t7*jrrffw-.IiJ(;/K, .S\v.ainson.] , „ 



idlorM— /.irciiir, brown; modi, (■lioooliitc-livown and jellow. 



This is another of the largo Grapo-feediug 

 insects, occurring on the cultivated and indige- 

 nous vines and on the A'irginia Creeper, and hav- 

 ing in the full-grown larva state, a polished tu- 

 bercle instead of a horn at the tail. Its habitat is 

 given by Dr. Clemens, as New York, Pennsylva- 

 nia, Ocorgia, Massachusetts, and Ohio; but 

 though not so common as the Sphinx Moths des- 

 cribed in former articles, yet it is often met with 

 both in Illinois and Missouri. The larva which 

 is represented in the upper ))art of Figure >!4 va- 



ries considerably in appearance. Indeed, the 

 ground-color seems to depend in a measure on 

 the sex, for Dr. Morris describes this larva as 

 reddish-brown with numerous patches of light- 

 green, and expressly states that the. female is of 

 a uniform reddish-brown, with an interrupted 

 dark brown dorsal line and transverse stri*. AVe 

 have reared two individuals which came to their 

 growth about the last of July, at which time 

 they were both without a vestige of green. The 

 ground-color was dirty yellowish especially at 

 the sides. Kach segment was marked trans- 

 versely wiih six or seven slightly impressed 

 fine black lines, and longitudinally with widei- 

 non-impressed dark brown patches, alternating 

 with each other, and giving the worm a check- 

 ered appcai'auce. These patches become more 

 dense along the subdorsal region, where they 

 form two irregular dark lines, which on the 

 thoracic segments become single, with a similar 

 line between them. There was also a dark 

 stigmatal line with a lighter shade above it, 

 and a dark stripe running obliquely downwards 

 from the posterior to the anterior portion of 

 each segment. Tlie belly was yellow with a 

 tinge of pink between the prolegs, and the shiny 

 tubercle at the tail was black, with a yellowish 

 ring around the base. The head, which is char- 

 actei'istically marked, and by which this worm 

 can always be distinguished from its allies — no 

 matter what the ground-color of the body may 

 be — is slightly roughened and dark, with a 

 lighter broad band each side, and a central mark 

 down the middle which often takes the form of 

 an X- This worm does not assume the common 

 Sphinx attitude of holding up the head, but 

 rests stretched at full length, though if disturbed 

 it will throw its head from side to side, thereby 

 producing a crepitating noise. 



The chrysalis is formed in a superficial cell 

 on the ground ; its surface is black and rough- 

 ened by confluent punctures, but between the 

 joints it is smooth and inclines to l)rown ; the 

 head-case is broad and rounded, and the tongue- 

 case is level with the breast; the tail terminates 

 in a rough flattened wedge-shaped point, which 

 gives out two extremely small thorns from the 

 end. 



The moth (Fjg. .S4, below) appears in the 

 following March or April, there being but one 

 brood each year. It is of a dull chocolate or 

 grayish-brown color, the front wings becoming 

 lighter beyond the middh-, and being variegated 

 with dark brown as in the figure ; the hind wings 

 are sulphur-yellow, with a broad dark Ijrown 

 border breaking into a series of short lines on a 

 flesh-colored ground, near the body. The wings 



