. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . Fig. 160.—CaterpilUirs oi .Satellite Sphinx—colors, greenor brownish and yellowish-white; c, the young catcrpilhir ; b,the same nearly grown, at rest; «, the full grown cater))illar. Fig. Tlie moth (Fig. 161) into which this worm is finally trans-formed, expands from four to five inches; the fore-wings are 182 INSECTS INFESTING THE GRAPE. pale olive-gray, marked with darker olive-green patches, one ofwhich is at the tip, one nea


. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . Fig. 160.—CaterpilUirs oi .Satellite Sphinx—colors, greenor brownish and yellowish-white; c, the young catcrpilhir ; b,the same nearly grown, at rest; «, the full grown cater))illar. Fig. Tlie moth (Fig. 161) into which this worm is finally trans-formed, expands from four to five inches; the fore-wings are 182 INSECTS INFESTING THE GRAPE. pale olive-gray, marked with darker olive-green patches, one ofwhich is at the tip, one near the outer hind angle, and a thirdon the hind margin near the bod5\ Fig. 161.—Satellite Sphinx—colors, gray and dark olive-green. Remedies.—Use Nos. 14, 100, and 101. (See R. B. Blow-ers letter. No. 33). CHAPTER CI. The Abbott Sphinx. (Cal.) ( Thi/reus Aohotii—Swainson.) Order, Lepidoptera ; Family, Sphingidje. [Feeding upon the leaves of the grapevine; a checkeredyellowish and brown worm, nearly three inches in length, hav-ing a polished black tubercle on the hind part of the lx»dy.] The ground color of this caterpillar (Fig. 1G2) is a dirty yel-lowish, marked with numerous transverse black lines andblack-brown patches, forming a line along each side of thebody. The head is slightly roughened and dark, and is markedwith a light streak


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