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Vine Sphinx
The true Pholus vitis, which we figure in our plate, may easily be distinguished from its near ally, Pholus fasciatus Sulzer, by the absence of the pink outer marginal area on the upper two-thirds of the secondaries, by the inward prolongation of the large black spot near the inner margin of the secondaries into a well marked mesial band, and by its larger size. It occurs in Florida and in southern Texas and Arizona, whence it ranges southward over wide areas.