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Fig. 40. 



Moth (fig. 40) expands about four and a quarter inches ; head and throat blackish- 

 brown, whitish-fawn colour at sides ; abdomen brown, with a slender dorsal line and a 

 lateral black band on each side containing brownish-white spots ; fore-wings dark 

 purplish-brown, with whitish lines on margin ; hind -wings whitish, with broad median 

 black band enlarged towards the margin, and sub-terminal black band and fawn-coloured 

 margin. 



27. Sphinx kalmi^, Abbot and Smith. 



KalmicE, Abbot and Smith. 

 " Hubner. 

 " Walker. 



" Clemens, Syn. N. A. Sph. 



Morris, Syn. N. A. Lep. Sm. Ins., p. 196. 

 Harris, Ins. Inj. Yeg., p. 328. 



Larva. — Head green, with black stripe at side ; body pale green, or yellowish-green ; 

 seven oblique pale yellow bands on the sides, edged with blackish-green, and with pale 

 blue above that ; breathing pores orange-yellow ; caudal horn blue, covered thickly 

 with black tubercles, slightly curved ; length about three inches ; feeds on lilac or 

 mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) and ash ; undergoes pupation in the ground ; pupa 

 dark brown, tongue case exserted with bulbous extremity ; goes into pupa about August 

 or September, moth appearing in J une or July. 



Moth. — Head and thorax rusty brown, paler on the sides ; shoulder covers with 

 black lines and patches ; abdomen rusty brown with central black line and alternate 

 whitish and black demi-bands ; fore-wings rusty brown, paler in the middle, rusty 

 brown streaks, a whitish line near margin ; small rusty discal spot, reddish-brown fringes; 

 hind-wings, brownish-white, with broad central and terminal black bands ; outer 

 margin and fringes reddish-brown. 



28. — Sphinx gordius, Cramer. 



Sphinx gordius, Cramer. 

 Lethia " Hubner. 

 Sphinx poecila, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. 



" " Wood. - i 



Sphinx gordius, Walker, C. B. M. 



Clemens, Syn. N. A. Sph. 



" " Morris, Syn. K A. Lep. Sm. Ins., p. 198. 



" " Harris, Ins. Inj. Yeg., p. 328. 



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