GRAPE-VINE SPHINGES. 
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to whicli I have giA^en the name of Philampelus* from the 
circumstance that the larvae or catei’pillars live upon the 
grape-Anne. When young they haA^e a long and slender tail 
recurA’ed OA^er the back like that of a dog ; but this, after 
one or tAvo changes of the skin, disappears, and nothing 
remains of it but a smooth, eye-like, raised spot on the top 
of the last segment of the body. Some of these caterpillars 
are pale green and others are broAAm, and the sides of their 
body are ornamented by six cream-colored spots, of a broad 
OA^al shape, in the species AA'hich produces the Satellitia of 
Linnseus; narroAA* oA’al and scalloped, in that AA’hich is trans¬ 
formed to the species called Acliemon (Fig. 150) by Drury.^® 
150. 
They liaA’e the poAver of AAdthdraAving the head and the first 
three segments of the bodA' Avithin the fourth segment, AA^hich 
giA^es them a short and blunt appearance AA^hen at rest. As 
thev attain to the length of three inches or more, and are 
thick in proportion, they consume gi'eat quantities of leaA^es ; 
and the long leafless branches of the Anne too often afford 
cAudence of their A^oracity. They also deA^our the leaA’es 
of the common creeper (^Ampelopsu quinquefolia)^ AAdiich, 
Avith those of our indigenous Aunes, Avere their only food till 
the introduction and increased cultivation of foreign A’ines 
afforded them an additional supply. They come to their 
groAvth during the month of August, enter the earth to 
transform, and appear in the Avinged or moth state the 
folloAving summer, in June and July. The Satellitia HaAA’k- 
moth (Plate V. Fig. 2) expands from four to five inches, 
* The literal signification of this word is, Hove the vine. 
[13 p. achemon is Spiinx crantor Cramer and Hiibner. — Morris.] 
