44 THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



Holland, and in Italy at Susa in Piedmont. Common in Upper and 

 Lower Austria, and in Wiirttemberg at Tiibingen. 



In the autumn it may be found on shrubs, and it passes the winter 

 hybernating under bark. 



5. Chelidura mutica, Krauss. 



Resembles the preceding but is darker in colour, and the pygidium 

 of the <? is short, not strongly produced, nor bent, more emarginate at 

 the sides and hinder margin ; the pygidium of the ? is broader 

 emarginate laterally and posteriorly, visible as a small point. The 

 forceps 3 shorter, stouter, more strongly bent, with no tubercle at 

 the base. Length of body, 10-5mni.-15-5mm., 3 and ? ; of 

 forceps, 3mm.-4-5mm. S , 2-2mm.-2-5mm. $ . 



South Tirol, Monte Baldo, and Valle Lagarina. 

 6. Chelidura bolivari, Dubrony. 



In size resembles ('. analis, but differs in having rudimentary 

 elytra. Length of body, 9mm., <? , 8*5mm., ? ; of forceps, 

 2mm.-2-5mm. 3 and 5 . 



Under stones in Central Spain, Sierra de Guaderrama, Escorial, 

 Sierra de Peiialara, Serrania de Cuenca, under stones and moss in the 

 mountains. 

 7. Chelidura aptera, Megerle { — alpina, Gene = .s«»/y'Z('.i-, Lafresnaye). 



In this and the following species the elytra are entirely rudimentary ; 

 this species may be known by its large size, untoothed and shining 

 forceps. Length of body, 10mm. -14mm., J and $ ; of forceps 

 5mm. -10mm. 3 , 3-5mm. 2 • 



This species lives on the highest mountains ; it can be found under 

 stones, bark, and dried cowdung ; it is adult in autumn, and in winter 

 buries itself deeply in the ground. It occurs in the southern Alps, 

 especially on the northern slopes ; from Simplon to the Little Saint 

 Bernard ; also Mt. Cenis, Larche, Le Lioran. Also in Piedmont and 

 the South Tirol. 



8. Chelidura pyrenaica. Gene ( = (///atoffl, Lafresnaye). 



Resembles the last, but has the forceps of the S dull, compressed, 

 and much shorter, sharply bent inwards at the centre; in the 5 the 

 branches are widely separated, and only meet at the apex. Length of 

 body, 13mm., 3 and J ; of forceps, 5mm. <? , 4mm. 5 . 



A native of the upper regions of the Pyrenees, where it occurs at 

 an elevation of 6000ft. -8000ft. ; Camprodon. 



[To he continued.) 



The Revision of the Sphingides — Nomenclature, Classification, 

 Geographical Distribution. 



{Continued from p. 10.) 

 We have already given more space than is properly available to 

 questions of nomenclature and classification without fully elaborating 

 what we have said, and without touching on many points, but we 

 cannot refrain from expressing our amusement at the way in which 

 the authors of the licvmon have succeeded in deceiving themselves 

 by a very childish device. They tell us (p. xlvi) of "a tendency 

 amongst British lepidopterists to imitate some American leading 



* A Rcvuioii of the Lepidopterous Family Spliingidae. By the Hon. Walter 

 Kothschild, Ph.D., and Karl Jordan, M.A., Ph.D. Supplement to Nov. ZooL. 

 vol. ix. Pp. cxxxs + 972. PI. 67. Tring, April, 1903. 



