LEPIDOPTERA. 



Fig. 145. 



founded with the Carohna Sphinx (^Sphinx Carolina of Lin- 

 naeus, Fig. 145, Fig. 146, larva. Fig. 147, pupa), which it 



Fig. 146. 



closely resembles. It measures across the wings about five 



inches ; is of a gray color, variegated with blackish lines 



„. ,,, and bands : and on each 



Kio" 10.1 ' 



side of the body there are 

 five round, orange-colored 

 spots encircled with black. 

 Hence it is called by Eng- 

 lish entomologists Sphinx quinquemaculatus (Fig. 144), the 

 five-spotted Sphinx. Its tongue can be unrolled to the 



