(451 ) 



oue broader than m fitciformiK, uot spatnlate, liarpe represented by an obviously 

 spinose hump ; rii^ht clasper narrowed in ajncal third, harj)e produced into a clubbed 

 process which is armed at end with spines. I'enis-i'unnel (i'-k) rough with granules 

 only at end, produced into a slender lobe ; process of jieuis-sheath longer than in 

 faciformis, acutely pointed. 



Larva with a broad ventral liand, and a lateral and dorso-latei'al series of spots, 

 which are brown-red, the lateral spots (ibli([ue, including the stigmata ; horn 

 straight, brown-red. — Food-plants: Scabiosa and allied genera; rarely on other 

 jilants. 



Ihih. I'alaearctic KegidU, I'mm Western Eurnjie t" Thibet ; rc|iresented in the 

 I'aeific district l)y radlan.f and atniiJiiiijcrL 



Two subspecies : 



a. IJ. fifi/us alai'i/ia subsp. nov. 

 M,i,n,;;l„ss(i fwlfurmis, Grum-Grsch., in Rom., Mem. Up. iv. p. .M4. n. L'l 1 ( ls;i()) (Ahii Mts.). 



S ? . Black belt of abdomen much shaded with luteous hairs, tail scarcely with 

 any luteous hairs ; thorax and posterior abdominal segments less bright yellow than 

 in titi/iis titi/it!<. Border of forewing broader than in the other form, as broad 

 lietweea II' and M' as this cellule is wide at end ; cross-veins with an obvious bar, 

 which is nearly as prominent as in jHcif. ci/fini.'i ; base of hindwing above and below 

 less yellow than in titi/us titi/as. 



A more generalised form than the ordinary t/fj/t's. 



Uab. Alai Mts. 



In the Tring Museum I 6 (tnjn'), 1 ? , ex coll. (irum-Grschmailo. 



/>. ]J. titl/H.'i tifi/IIS. 



HnuU., Wnrkx uf .\,il,n; p. 1;",8. t. -'4. f. c (1721) : Roes,, Jns. Biliist. iii. p. •>:',■>. t. 38. f. 1 (/.) 



(175;i) : Gionov., .1.7. //./c. v. p. 141. n. .^I4(1T(;l') ; Schaeif., /«.v. h'niisl,. i. Hi. f. 1 (ITdG) ; 



id., Elfiu. Kitl. t. IIG. f. 3 (ITGC) ; Ernst & Engr.. I'lij,. Eur. iii. p. 24. t. 8'J. f. 117. e. f. (17H2). 

 Spliiuj- litiju^ Linnr, 8i/.v/. Xat. ed. .\. p. 4'J3. n. 2 (1758) (in reg. calid. I) : Auriv,, Konijl. Sc. ]'(/, 



AL Iliiiidl. .xix. 5. p. 170 (1882) (recens. critica). 

 SpMnx liomlnjl/fiiniiix Linne, N'/.s7. Xi(t. ed. x. p. 4'.i:!. n. 27 (1758) (Europa : haec spec.?); Esp., 



Srliinctt. Eur. ii. p. 180. r. 30. t. 2.3. f. 2 (177'J); Lang. Vcn. Augsh. ii. p. 72. n. 5711. 580 (1782): 



Fuessly, .V. .Uh,,. ii. p. 200. n. 1 (1785) ; id., I.e. iii. p. 153. n. 88 (1780) ; Borkh., Eio: Sr/ui,. 



ii. p. f}:>. n. 2 (1789) : View., Tabell. T',r,-. Bmmknh. p. 13. n. 2 (1790) : Schwarz, R,i>i/,nda/. 



p. 03.") (1791) : Borkb., Rhei>i. ^fn;/. i. p. 314. n. 318 (1793) : Hottm., .Xatiiif. xxviii. p. 80 (189!i) 



(larva) ; Schrank, Faiaui hnica ii. p. 231. n. 1396 (1804) ; Hiibn., Siimml. Eur. Sdiiii., S/i/ion/. 



t. 9. f. 5(1 (1805— V) : id., (ic.-^rl,. ,sv/,„,. ii. Spliimj. iii. /,«,. .\. a. f. la (ISnO— y) : Luc. /.'p. 



£»)■. p. 108. t. 44(1834). 

 (?) Sj'hiiLc ponvlliix /3. SjjJihix homhylifunuU Liaue', ^ijit. Xat. ed. xii. p. 801. sub u. l.'-i (1707). 

 Sphinx fm-iformh ft. Sphinx lili/its id.. I.e. p. 80.3. sub n. 28 (1707). 

 Spluiix porrelliix fi, hoiiilji/lifi,n,ilx, Goeze, Ent. Bcijii: iii. 2. p. 170 (178K). 

 Sphinx furiformis, Poda, .l^(»-. Grncr. p. 82. n. 9. t. 2. f. (3 (1761) ; Den! & Scbiff., Vn::. Schni. Wint 



p. 44. D. 1 (1771')) (partim) : Illig., in Den. & Schiff., TV;--. Srhm. Wien ed. ii. p. 22 (1800) ; 



Lasp., in Illig., .i/uij. ii. p. 37 (1803) : Ochs., Srhm. Em: ii. p. 185. n. 1 (18(J8). 

 S.^i.i furif'irmis, Fabricius, ^>^^ Ent. p. 548. n. 5 (1775) (partim) ; id., Spec Iny. ii. ]>. 1511. u. 11 



(1781) (partim) ; id., Ent. .%.vr. iii. 1. p. 382. n. 12 (1793) : Walk., List L,p. /»... /,'. .1/. viii. 



p. XO. n. 1 (185(1) (partim). 

 Sphin.r laiiscii Retzius, Gen. In", p. 33. n. 23 (17H3). 

 Srtiafueifurmis, Oken, Lehrb. Xtitin-ij. iii. 1. p. 749. n. 1 (1815). 

 .\hu-r(iiilo«-w fncifarniix, Ochsenheimer, Schm. Eur. iv. p. 42. n. 1 (1810) ; Erey.. Heilr. Srhm. ii. p. 20. 



t.50 (1829) ; Meig., Ifamlb. Srhm. p. 92. n. 2 (1827) : Boisd., /nd. Meth. p. 32 (1829) ; Caut., in 



Silberm., Iter. Ent. i. p. 70 (1833) (Dept, du Var) ; Tlioii, Xat. Schm. p. 102. t. 51. f. 709. 710 



(1837); Zett., Ins. Lapp. p. 918 (1><40); Ramb., Eaaac Aiulul. p. 123 (1842) (Grenada) 



