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moves from one place to another. The five spotted 

 sphinx is a beautiful moth. The body about three 

 inches long is thick and tapering to a point or nearly 

 so. Head large, also the spiral proboscis before men- 

 tioned; wings about five inches in expanse; the whole 

 of a uniform gray, intermixed with black and dusky 

 markings, while along the sides of the body are five 

 bright orange spots, from whence it gets its name. 

 The larvae of this species is the well known tomato 

 worm, which is about four inches long, of a light green 

 color, with white oblique stripes across the body and 

 a red thorn-like projection on the tail. The back of 

 this worm is covered with small oval white cocoons 

 in which are the eggs of a certain insect, w^hich when 

 hatched penetrate the back of the worm and eat its 

 flesh, often causing its death. When full grown 

 it enters the ground and forms a cocoon with a handle 

 similar to that of a pitcher. When the moth emerges 

 it mounts the nearest object and dries, and stretches 

 its wings, and when the shades of night are falling it * 

 wings its way to enjoy a few hours or days in its per- 

 fect state. 



The lady-bird moth is a curious object, forming what 

 might be considered a connecting link between the 

 moths and humming birds, for it somewhat resembles 

 the latter. The body is soft and downy, with a short 

 flat tail, which looks as if composed of minute feathers. 

 This insect is a uniform brown color. When suck- 

 ing honey from flowers it poises itself in the air as the 

 humming bird does. It generally flies during the twi- 

 light of summer evenings. Something is going all 

 the time. When the sultry day is gone and its charms 



