. The American entomologist. Entomology. Till' VL'i-y jjival diviu-sity ol'loi'iii and liabits to lir found ainong'.'it tlic larva? of our butterflies and moths, has much to do with the interest wliich attaches to the study of these maslced forms. We are moved to admiration aud won- [^s^^^S dcr as thorouglily to-day every time we contomphit these varied and tan- tastic catei-pillars—these creeping and groveling "worms"—is kuked uj) the future buttufl\, oi moth, whicli is dentin fairy-lilie, to flit tlmn the air on its gau/\ ^mii_- so totally unlilce it-toimci self. Verily the meta- m
. The American entomologist. Entomology. Till' VL'i-y jjival diviu-sity ol'loi'iii and liabits to lir found ainong'.'it tlic larva? of our butterflies and moths, has much to do with the interest wliich attaches to the study of these maslced forms. We are moved to admiration aud won- [^s^^^S dcr as thorouglily to-day every time we contomphit these varied and tan- tastic catei-pillars—these creeping and groveling "worms"—is kuked uj) the future buttufl\, oi moth, whicli is dentin fairy-lilie, to flit tlmn the air on its gau/\ ^mii_- so totally unlilce it-toimci self. Verily the meta- morphoses of the lower animals must prove a never-failing source of joy and felicity to those who have lear open the pages of tlie great Book of Xatu arly boyhood, within cai-h of But, bejond the general satisfaction experi- enced in studying tlicse transient forms, there will be found ample food for the philosophic mind in the larval variations to be met with in the same species. In other parts of this present ntfmber we have instanced several curious varia- tions in larvjE, caused by the character of their food-plant, and have also shown how some s (e. fj. the common Yellow Bear) vary \iiy much without regard to food- Iniii. Our Sphinx larva?, more par- ciihii-ly. aic subject to these variations, 11(1 il is I'm- I his i-cason that larval liarailcr~ mIihic. nnaccompanied by lllc vain,' ill rhi-Mll, Tlic Wliilc-liiird Moniiiig Spliinx (Fig. 1G2) pi-('si'nls one of the most striking cases of larval variation, as may be seen by comparing the dark form of Figure lf)4 with the light form of Figure 1G3. In tlie summer of 1863 wo took both these forms on the same )lant, and have repeatedly met with them since; but the moths bred IVoiii show no difl'erenccs whatever. 1'his beautiful moth is called by Harris the AVhitc-lined Morning Sphinx, though its generic name means "Evening ; It is distin- guished principally by its roseate uudei'-wings, and by a broad
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