( 1-17 ) 



Livland, St. Petersb.) ; Praun, Eiir. Schm., Sjiliiii;/. t. C>. n. f. 4 (IStiO) ; Wilde, P/i. d: Einij). 



ii. p. 84. t. 2. f. .34 (lSt;i) ; Kirchn., Lotos xi. p. 103 (18(U) ; Sealy, Proc. Ent. Soc. Loud. v. 



p. 106 (ISlil) ; Siev., B„/l. .Uosn,i, p. 140 (1862) (St. Petersb.) ; Wallengr., Skaml. Het. Fjar. 



p. 34. n. 3 (18i;3) ; Ball., BhU. Muscou p. 364 (1864) (Gorki) ; Maur., Ttjihchv. But. ix. p. 174 



(1866) (Limburg) ; Snell., Vlind. Nederl. p. 98 (1867) (vi.-7iii.) ; Hinterw., /';•<„/,■. Oherreahch . 



Innsbruck p. 229 (1868) ; Tengstr., Act. Sue. F. F. Fern/, x. p. 6. n. 92 (1H(;9) ; Heyl., Tijdschr. 



Ent. xiii. p. 146. n. 60 (1870) (Breda) ; Brutt., Prngr. Gymn. Dorpat p. 23. n. 4 (1872) (v.-vii.); 



Spill., Entom. vi. p. 103 (1873) (Crewkerne) ; Gurd., ibid. ii. p. 127 (1873) (Devonshire) ; 



Boisd., %■<■. Gen. Lep. Het. i. p. 104. d. 43 (1875) ; Siebke, En. Ins. Norr. iii. p. 23. n. 3 (1876); 



Wrat., Eidom. x. p. 135 (1877) (Suffolk) ; Mill., ihkl. p. 210 (1877) ; Frere, ibid. x. p. 210 



(1877) ; Staint., Ent. Mo. Mag. xiv. p. 67 (1878) (Ipswich) ; Tayl., ibid. xiv. p. 136 (1878) 



(Ipswich) ; id., l.c. xvi. p. 93 (1880) (capt. in Britain) ; Thed., Ent. Tidskr. i. p. 197 (1880) 



(Sweden) ; Kill., Jahrb. jVn/. Ges. Granb. xxiii. p. 44 (1880) ; Weil.. Prngr. Oberreahch. hinsbr. 



p. 15 (1880) (Tauferer Thai) ; Rom., Mem. Lep. i. p. 69 (1884) (Borjom ; Tiflis ; Manglis) ; 



Lampa, EhI. Tidskr. vi. p. 26. n. 112 (1885) ; Kroul., Bull. Soc. Oiirol. xi. p. 212. n. 86 (1885) 



(Sarapoul, vi. J vii.) ; id., I.e. xi. p. 23'.). n. 56 (1885) (Ourjoum) ; Buckl., Larr. Brit. Lep. ii. 



p. 27. t. 22. f. 3 (1887) ; Amel., Berl. Ent. Zeltsehr. xxxi. p. 261 (1887) (Dessau) ; Smith, 



Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. xv. p. 186 (1888) (doubts ident. of saniptri with pimistri) ; Bartt., Lep. 



Brit. Is!, ii. p. 27. t. 46 (1893) ; Hofm., Eaiip. Grossschni. p. 28. t. 7. f. 1 (1893) ; id., Grossschm. 



p. 29. t. 16. f. 21 (1894) ; Kill. & CaB., Jahrb. Nat. Ges. Graub. xxxviii. App. p. 19 (1895) ; 



Vos, Tijdsehr. End. xxxi. p. 79 (1898) (Apeldoorn) ; Bartel, in Rtihl, (irossschm. ii. p. 48 



(1899) : Burst., Zeitschr. Ent. vi. p. 104. f. 1. 2 (1901 ). 

 Sphinx pinastri et piceae, Gleditsch, Forstieissenseh. i. p. 501. n. 1 (1775). 

 Herse pinastri, Oken, Lehrb. Naturg. iii. 1. p. 762. n. 3 (1815). 

 Hyloieus pinastri, Htlbner, Verz. beh. Schm. p. 139. n. 1483 (1822) ; Butl., Trans. Zool. Soc. Land. 



ix. p. 616. n. 1 (1877) (England; Europe!) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 693. n. 1 (1892) ; 



id., in Allen, Xat. Libr., Moths iv. p. 49. t. 107. f. 3 (1897) ; Stand. & Reb., Cat. Lep. ed. 



iii. p. 101. n. 736 (1901) (partim ; " Japan " alia spec.) 

 Anceryx pinastri, Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 223. n. 1 (1856) (partim ; " Scinde" loc. err., 



"N. Ind."spec. alt.); Weism., ed. Meld., Sterf. Theor. Desc. i. p. 265. t. 6. f. 53. 54 (1882) 



(larva). 

 *IIi/loieus asiatieiis Butler, Proe. Zool. Soe. Land. p. 260. n. 58 (1875) (Scinde ?—Mus. Brit.) ; id., 



Trans. Zool. Soe. Lond. ix. p. 616. n. 3 (1877) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 693. n. 4 (1892) 



(Sind?) ; Hamps., in Blanf., Fomut Brit, bidia, Moths i. p. 123 (1892) {=pinastri ; loc. err.). 

 Sphinx saniptri Strecker, Lep. p. 118. t. 13.f. 18 (1876) (Canada; Penn.) ; id., I.e. p. 143 (1877) 



{^pinastri) ; Edw., Ent. Amer. iii. p. 223 (1888). 

 Sphinx pinastri ah. fasciata Lampa, Etif. Tidskr. vi. p. 26 (1885) (Scandin.). 

 Hyloieus sati/jitri, Kirby, Cat. Lep. /let. i. p. 693. n. 2 (1892) (N. Am.). 



c? $ . The iiidividnal variability in colour resp. intensity of pattern is well 

 known. Some sjiecimens are nearly all l)rown. Some individuals from Corsica in 

 the collection of Mons. Charles t)l)erthiir have no bands ou the forewing while the 

 streaks R^ — M- are heavy. Paronychium mostly with a short triangular side-lobe. 

 Upper process of harpe cylindrical, long (PI. XXXVIII. f. II). Apical process of 

 l)enis-sheath (PI. XXVIII. f. 50) broad, tapering, somewhat curved, pointed. 



? . Flaj) in front of vaginal orifice feebly or not at all sinuate. 



llaL Europe : England, Scandinavia, southwai'ds to Spain and Greece, east- 

 wards to Transcaspia ; a mountain insect in the southern districts in accordance 

 with the distriljution of the Coni/erae. Not found in N. Africa, but probably 

 occurring in the Atlas Mountains at higher elevations. A ? from Diisseldorf in 

 the collection of C!harles Oberthiir has the body and wings almost uniformly 

 brownish black ; a similar specimen in the Tring Museum. 



In the Tring Museum a series from various localities. 



/;. //. jHitastri nnvio subsp. nov. (PI. XIII. f '.», S). 

 <?. Pale lateral markings of abdomen small, dorsum of thorax and abdomen 

 brown ; pale area of palpus restricted ; wings above deeper brown than in ordinary 



