Guide to the study of insects and a treatise on those injurious and beneficial to crops, for the use of colleges, farm-schools, and agriculturists . 18 274 larva; 5, pupa) is graj^; the fore-wings are immaculate at thebase, and on the hind wings are two distinct angulated larva feeds on the tomato and potato vines. It is darkgreen, with a series of greenish yellow angular bands on theside. The tongue-case is long and much arched. M. CarolinaLinn, is cinereous, Mith a white spot at the base of the fore-wing, while the central band of the hind wings are indistinct. The la
Guide to the study of insects and a treatise on those injurious and beneficial to crops, for the use of colleges, farm-schools, and agriculturists . 18 274 larva; 5, pupa) is graj^; the fore-wings are immaculate at thebase, and on the hind wings are two distinct angulated larva feeds on the tomato and potato vines. It is darkgreen, with a series of greenish yellow angular bands on theside. The tongue-case is long and much arched. M. CarolinaLinn, is cinereous, Mith a white spot at the base of the fore-wing, while the central band of the hind wings are indistinct. The larva (Fig. 200)feeds on the tobaccoand tomato. It is darkgreen with lateral,oblique, white bands,edged above with blu-ish and short trans-verse black tongue-case is shorter and less curved than in M. 5-macu-lata. The tongue of a Madagascar hawk-moth, M. duentius,Wallace states, is nine and a quarter inches long, probablyadapted for exploring the long nectaries of some Orchids. In Ceratomia the body is thick, with the head and eyes small;the thorax is short and round, while the abdomen is ratherlong. The larva is easily known by thefour thoracic horns,
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