. Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;. Hairstreaks, or Theclas,3which are small, brown butterflies, usually with two tailsto the hind wing. Types of the Moths. - These include all Lepidoptera,excepting the family of Papilionidse. Seven families areof rather large size (Macrolepidoptera) ; the remaining fourare of small size (Microlepidoptera). The Sphingidae,4 or Hawk-moths, fly swiftly and power-fully, and as they hover over flowers at du,:,k can hardly bedistinguished from humming-birds. The larva) have acaudal horn or tubercle. The com
. Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;. Hairstreaks, or Theclas,3which are small, brown butterflies, usually with two tailsto the hind wing. Types of the Moths. - These include all Lepidoptera,excepting the family of Papilionidse. Seven families areof rather large size (Macrolepidoptera) ; the remaining fourare of small size (Microlepidoptera). The Sphingidae,4 or Hawk-moths, fly swiftly and power-fully, and as they hover over flowers at du,:,k can hardly bedistinguished from humming-birds. The larva) have acaudal horn or tubercle. The commonest of these are thetomato or potato worm, green in color and are about one hundred species of the Sphingidse in 1 Apyvwis, the silvery, a poetic name of Venus. 2 Aikaii/a, a poetic name of Venus. 3 A Greek feminine name. 4 From 20t7£, or sphinx, a fabled monster. The larva of this moth• assumes an attitude like the sphinx. THE BUTTERFLY AND ITS ALLIES 23 the United States. The Twin-spotted Sphinx (Fig. 20), so-called from the black spots of the hind wing, is destructive. FIG. 20. — Smerinthus f/eminatus, the Twin-spotted Sphinx. Nat. size. Photo, by W. H. C. P. to fruit and shade trees. The Pandorus Sphinx (Fig. 21)is of a beautiful olive color ; its larva feeds on vines.
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