THE U'lII'l E-LINED SPHINX. 
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quently observed that season, and only rarely in 1904, so that it seems 
probable thai the insect was checked by the parasitic fly mentioned. 
May 1\ L904, a Dumber of larva- were taken at Terrell, Tex. The 
first pupated June 3, another June 7. and a third June 14. The 
moths from the two last mentioned emerged June -2± and July 2, 
respectively. On June 14 a pair of moth- were taken in coitu. On 
the luth. 96 nearly globular green eggs were laid by the female on 
the leaves, from one to eight eggs being deposited in a place. These 
Fig. b.—Deilephila lint 
ith: //. pale larva; c, dark form of larva: d. }>upa— all natural size 
from Chittenden . 
hatched June 20, but, unluckily for the continuation of the experi- 
ment, tin* young Larvae died. 
It would seem evident that there is another and possibly a third 
generation during the season in Texas, although no observations were 
made later in the year than those above reported. Riley states that 
there is hut one generation in a year '. but Forbes* records two broods, 
the larvae of the first appearing in July and August, and those o( the 
"1S71: :;.! Kept, state I'.nt. Mo., pp. 140-142, figs. 60-62; and 1884: Kept Comm. 
Agr. f. L884, p. 412. 
M900: 2l8l Kept. State Ent. 111., p. L55. 
