. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. HEXAPODA: LEPIDOPTERA OR BUTTERFLIES, ETC. 309 The Butterflies of North America are numerous, and many of them are exceedingly beautiful, as any one may see by examining them, or the splendidly illustrated works of Edwards, and those of Scudder, as well as the illustrations of our butterflies in foreign works. A few of the common forms are shown in Figs. 392-395. Of the Moths we have room only to mention the Sphin- ges or Hawk-Moths, and a few of the broad-winged moths. The Hawk-Moths or Sphingidae are mostly very large lepidopters, and the wings ar
. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. HEXAPODA: LEPIDOPTERA OR BUTTERFLIES, ETC. 309 The Butterflies of North America are numerous, and many of them are exceedingly beautiful, as any one may see by examining them, or the splendidly illustrated works of Edwards, and those of Scudder, as well as the illustrations of our butterflies in foreign works. A few of the common forms are shown in Figs. 392-395. Of the Moths we have room only to mention the Sphin- ges or Hawk-Moths, and a few of the broad-winged moths. The Hawk-Moths or Sphingidae are mostly very large lepidopters, and the wings are long and compara- tively narrow. These moths fly with great rapidity, and with few exceptions they visit the flowers to secure honey in the morning and evening twilight; and as they balance themselves before the petunias and other flowers, by the rapid movements of their wings, they may easily be mis- taken for humming-birds. Their tongue is exceedingly long—in some cases five or six inches (Fig. 399). The caterpillars of these moths are very large, and they assume curious attitudes. Supporting themselves on their hind legs, they elevate the forward part of the body, and re- main for hours in this sphinx-like position (Fig. 397). FIG. Clear-winged Sphinx, Sesia thysbe, Fabricius. Some kinds of sphinges—as /Sesia—have their wings Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877. New York : Scribner
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