Report on miscellaneous cotton insects in Texas . , and three enteredthe earth to pupate June 11. June 25 about twenty flies of Winthe-mia quadripustidata Fab. emerged from these. Three moths emergedon July 3, 1, and 14, respectively. The caterpillars were not subse- al885: Rept. Comm. Agric. f. 1885, pp. 265-270. & 1902: Bid. 33, n. s., Div. Ent., U. 8. Dept, Agric, pp. 46,47; and 1903: Bui. 43,1. c, pp. 39-40, figs. 36 and 37. ^1900: 21st Rept. State Ent. 111., pp. 108-109, fig. 33. THE UlIIl E-LINED SPHINX. 15 quently observed that season, and only rarely in 1904, so that it seemsprobable t
Report on miscellaneous cotton insects in Texas . , and three enteredthe earth to pupate June 11. June 25 about twenty flies of Winthe-mia quadripustidata Fab. emerged from these. Three moths emergedon July 3, 1, and 14, respectively. The caterpillars were not subse- al885: Rept. Comm. Agric. f. 1885, pp. 265-270. & 1902: Bid. 33, n. s., Div. Ent., U. 8. Dept, Agric, pp. 46,47; and 1903: Bui. 43,1. c, pp. 39-40, figs. 36 and 37. ^1900: 21st Rept. State Ent. 111., pp. 108-109, fig. 33. THE UlIIl E-LINED SPHINX. 15 quently observed that season, and only rarely in 1904, so that it seemsprobable thai the insect was checked by the parasitic fly mentioned. May 1\ L904, a Dumber of larva- were taken at Terrell, Tex. Thefirst pupated June 3, another June 7. and a third June 14. Themoths from the two last mentioned emerged June -2± and July 2,respectively. On June 14 a pair of moth- were taken in coitu. Onthe luth. 96 nearly globular green eggs were laid by the female onthe leaves, from one to eight eggs being deposited in a place. These. Fig. b.—Deilephila lint ith: //. pale larva; c, dark form of larva: d. }>upa—all natural sizefrom Chittenden . hatched June 20, but, unluckily for the continuation of the experi-ment, tin* young Larvae died. It would seem evident that there is another and possibly a thirdgeneration during the season in Texas, although no observations weremade later in the year than those above reported. Riley states thatthere is hut one generation in a year . but Forbes* records two broods,the larvae of the first appearing in July and August, and those o( the 1S71: :;.! Kept, state Mo., pp. 140-142, figs. 60-62; and 1884: Kept f. L884, p. 412. M900: 2l8l Kept. State Ent. 111., p. L55. 16 MISCELLANEOUS COTTON INSECTS. second from the middle of September through October. The winter isundoubtedly passed in the pupal stage, as has been observed farthernorth. Although so common, no thorough study of the life history ofthe species seems to
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