( H3 ) 



p. 206 (1880) (scent-organ) ; Auriv., Komjl So. ]',/. ,l/.-. //,nidl. xix. v. p. 130. n. Itlo. (1882) 

 (revision) ; Rom., Mem. Lep. i. p. till (1884) (Borjora ; Tiflis ; Derbent) ; Lanipa, Ent. riihkr. 

 vi. p. 20. n. Ill (1885) ; Pouj., Biill. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. IGr. (188.^) (e'clos.) ; Poult,, Trans. E„t. 

 Sue. Loud. p. 281 (1885) (postembr. devel.) ; id., /.-•. p. 137 (188(;) (devel. of col.); Amel., 

 lierl. Kill. Zelhchi: xx.xi. p. 201 (1887) (Dessau) ; Mina-Pal. & Failla-Ted., Nai. Sir. vii. p. 41 

 (1889) (if occurr. V) ; Kirby, Cut. Lep. Ihl. i. p. 092. d. 23 (1H92) ; Bartt., L<'i>. Biit. hi. ii. 

 p. 31. n. 3. t. 47. f. 1. a-c (1893) ; Hofm., nmip. Grossschm. p. vii. f. 2 (embr.). p. 28. t. 7. f. 2 

 (1893) ; id., Gross-ichm. p. 29. t. 1(!. f. 22 (1894) ; Pfitz., Tri« x. p. 160 (1897) (Sprottau, pale 

 hindwg.); Vos, Tij(hchr. Kiit. xli. p. 79 (1898) (Apeldoorn) ; Bartel, in Riihl, t.'mxsxrlim. ii. 

 p. 43 (1899) ; Staiid. & Reb., Oit. L-p. ed. iii. p. 100. n. 734 (1901). 



Sj/lihi.r spiraeae Esper, Eur. Sclim. ii. Suppl. p. 21. n. 72. t. 42. f. 1 (1800). 



Herse liguslri, Oken, Lrhrh. Niiliinj. iii. 1. p. 702. n. 2 (1815) (=si,irarae). 



Sphi/Hx ligmtri, Vogel, Schm. Cabin, i. p. 23. t. 5. f. 3 (1821). 



Sphinx ligustre (!), Lalanne, .)/«». Eiil. p. 110. n. 5 (date?). 



Hab. Europe eastwards to Asia Minor and Central Asia. 



lu the Tring Museum a nnmber of larvae and iiui)ae and a long series of 

 imagines from various localities. 



Noll, I.e., sajs tliat li(/ustri was very common at tiowers between S and p.m. 

 at Teneriffe. Was it really ligtistri and not Ilerse conrohuU ' 



113. Hyloicus dolli (PI. XIII. f. 11, c?). 



Sphinx {Hijluicus) dolli Neumoegen, Papilio i. p. 149 (1881) (Prescott, Ariz.). 

 Sphin.T doili, Grote, New Check List p. 11 (18H2). 

 Hijloiru.^ dolli, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 694. n. 10 (1892). 



i ?. Antenna longer than in the allies of c/wrsis and drupij'crariini, half the 

 length of the forewiug. Tongue rather weak. Palpus not prominent. Spines 

 of forelegs comparatively as stout as in chersis and longer, apical spine of segment 1 

 about as long as segment 3 ; spurs of mid- and hindtibia very short, not or little 

 longer than the tibia is broad; first segment of hindtarsus much shorter than tibia, 

 also shorter than the four other segments together. Cross-veins of hindwing often 

 straight. Paronychinm reduced, without lobes ; claws long and slender. Comb of 

 niidtarsns with one or two prolonged bristles. 



$. Tenth abdominal tergite long, slender, compressed, gently curved, pointed, 

 subsnlcate beneath ; sternite with a broad, slightly curved, flat, mesial lobe which 

 somewhat narrows towards the sinuate apex. Clasper strongly rounded, dilated 

 dorsally in middle, thence narrowed to ape.x (PI. XXXVIII. f. D) ; harpe witli a 

 single, broad, somewhat spatulate, concave process, dentate at the edge, ujijier 

 margin continuous with the subdorsal fold of the clasper and, like the fold, clothed 

 with very long bristles. Penis-sheath curved and somewhat twisted (PI. XXVIII. 

 1'. 54), ending in a broad, pointed process. 



Early stages not known. 



llah. Arizona ; Colorado ; Utah. 



Two subspecies : 



a. II. dolli coloradas (PI. XIII. i'. II, S). 



Sphinx aihradiis Smith, Ent. Ainer. iii. p. 153 (1887) (Colorado) ; Edw., ihid. p. 223 (ISSH); 

 Smith, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. xv. p. 189 (1888) ; Neum , KnI. .\e,rs iv. p. 134 (189i) (local 

 form of dolli). 



(?. Forewiug above with black submarginal line R- — M-'. 

 Had. Colorado ; Utah. 



In the Triug Museum HcJc? from: lUali ; (lolorado : (Jlenwood Springs, 

 Golden, Garfield county. 



