CONSPICUOUS CATERPILLARS DESTROYING FOLIAGE 273 
(Pholus achemon Dru.) is three inches or more long when full grown, 
yellowish green in color to reddish brown, and has six conspicuous 
white dashes or spots down each side. The third segment back of 
Fic. 387.— Larva of the Achemon Sphinx. Original. 
the head is enlarged. At the hind end is a horn, changing to a 
round ‘ eyespot ’’ as the caterpillar nears maturity. Abbott’s Sphinx 
(Sphecodina abbottii Swain) reaches a length of 24 inches, is lght 
Fic. 388.— The Abbott's Sphinx. Original. 
brown in color with darker streaks lengthwise of the body and 
black lines across each segment. At the hind end is a conspicuous, 
round black spot margined with yellow. 
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