(1) Celerio lineata Fabricius, Plate II, Fig. 14, 3. (The Striped Morning Sphinx.) Syn. daucus Cramer. This is probably the commonest of all the North American Sphingidæ. The larva feeds upon Portulaca. There is considerable diversity in the maculation of the larvæ. The two figures here given represent the two most usual forms of the caterpillar. The insect ranges over the southern portions of FIG. 34.-Light form of larva of C. lineata. (After Riley.) British America to the Gulf of Mexico and southward to the Antilles and Central America. I have seen hundreds of the moths swarming about the electric lights in the streets of Denver, Cheyenne, and Colorado Springs. The moth flies con FIG. 35.-Dark form of larva of C. lineata. (After Riley.) stantly in bright sunshine on the Laramie Plains of Wyoming in the month of August, frequenting the blossoms of thistles. I have seen it busily engaged in extracting the sweets from dewspangled beds of Soapwort (Saponaria), in the valleys of Virginia long after the sun had risen in the morning. (2) Celerio intermedia Kirby, Plate II, Fig. 20, 9. (The Galium Sphinx.) Syn. epilobii Harris (non Boisduval); chamænerii Harris; galii Walker; oxybaphi Clemens; canadensis Guenée. This hawkmoth, which is the North American representant of Celerio gallii, which is found all over the north temperate regions of the Eastern Hemisphere, ranges from Canada to EXPLANATION OF PLATE VII (The specimens figured are contained in the collection of W. J. Holland.) I. Pachysphinx modesta Harris, ♂. 2. Pachysphinx modesta occidentalis Henry Edwards, ?. 3. Sphinx cerisyi Kirby, f. 4. 5. Calasymbolus excæcata Abbot & Smith, ♂. 6. Chlanogramma jasminearum Boisduval, . |