( o91 ) 



Ij. Abiloiuoii with cuiispicuous white' doi'S(j-I;itur;il 



sjiots ....... 7yiC). S. fjoniOK. 



Al.idomcu without such spots . . . . c. 



c. Brown triangular patcii ol' I'orowing aliove 



with pale line ...... .V,".i. S. luinum. 



I'rowa triangular patch of forewing above 



without pale line ..... o3(i. .s. Dhscni-Kx. 



il. Forewing aiigalate at M', marginal band 



of hindwing thinning to a line behind . .")"JT. >'^. /,-/i/f//(H'/i,si.s. 

 Forewiug as before, abdomen without grey 

 spots, marginal band of hindwing of even 

 width 528. S. piiii/lliu. 



o:i6. Sphingonaepiopsis gorgon. 



Sjilihi.f liijilimii i/iji-</')ii E&i)oi; Schiiielt., Snpjil. ii. p. VX u. 8tJ. t. 47. f. j (LSUCi) (W'olga) : Uubu., 

 Eur. Srhm.] Sphiiuj. t. 21. f. 102. t. 27. f. 124 (180- V). 



S/iliii(.r r;orijon, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Km: ii. p. 110. d. (5 (1808). 



.\/(((ni!/loxM( (joiyiiii, id. /.•■. iv. p. 4"i. 17.">. n. G (181G) ; Trcitschke, in Oclis., Sc/iiiiiil. Eur. x. p. 200 

 (1834). 



rriissirp'mus rjonjoiiuides Hiibner, Vcr:. lick. Sclim. p. 132. u. 1415 (1822): Walk., /Jsl Lefi. ins. 

 li. .1/. viii. p. 98. n. 2(]85G). 



I'Irrai/'iii rjorijoiiiaihs, Boisduval, 1ml. .Ueth. p. 32 (I82'J) : id., Iron. Lqi. ii. p. 15. t. 4S. f. (i (1834) ; 

 Mill.,"/r7-«. iii. t. 117. f. 3—5 (1870) ; Staud. & Wocke, Cat. Lcp. ed. ii. p. 38. n. 492 (1871) 

 (Ross. m. or., Pont. ; Alt. ; " Amur" err. loci) ; Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lep. Hit. \. p. 31.3. n. 3 

 (187."i) (Wolga): Staud., Ih<r. Sur. But. Rom. xiv. p. 300 (1878) (Asia min.): Rom., Mem. Lcp. 

 i. p. 72 (1SS4) (Derbent) ; Christ., IbhI. v. p. 11. u. 39 (1889) (Askhabad) : Kirby, Cat. Lep. 

 Hit. I. p. (540. 11. (1892) (S. Russia); B.oim., Raup. (jrussHi-hm. p. 31 (1893) (v. vi.) ; id., 

 (.'rosssclim. t. 18. f. 8 (1894) (Wolga) ; Holtz, Illu.^tr. Ze/tschr. Eiit. ii. p. 03 (1897) (Cilicia, 

 viii.) : Bartel, in Riihl, Gros.-ischm. ii. p. 208 (1900) (Sarepta to Altai, southwards to N. Persia 

 and Cilicia) ; Staud. & Reb., Cat. Lep. ed. iii. p 104. n. 7G7 (1901) (Ross. m. or. : Pout. ; 

 Taur. m. : .\rm. ; Tura; Alt.). 



I'll nii/uii (jonjoii, Duponchel, Lep. Franre, StijijtI. ii. p. 23. u. U. t. 3. f. 2a. b (1835); Lucas, in Cheuu. 

 Eiir. Hht. Nat., Pap. i. p. 25G (1853) ; Men., Enum. Corp. Anim. .\Iiis. I'etr., Lep. ii. Suppl. 

 p. 95. n. 1570 (1857) (Russ. m.) ; Staud. Oi Wocke, Cat. Lep. p. 17. n. .31 (1861). 



.Maiiwjlossum ijtirijijii, Eversnianu, Eaiiiui \'nli/i>-l'ral. p. 108 (1844) (Sarepta, v. vi.). 



Pni.vrpiims ijnrgon, Butler, Trans. Znul. .Soc Lmiil. ix. p. .53G. n. 4 (1877). 



Lkalain'ta gonjnnJiales, Kirby, rn.i: Rvy. Dnhlin S„r. (^2). ii. p. .330 (1880). 



(??. Body and forewiug grey; abdomen with three i)rominent white iaicral 

 dots ; forewing sinuate behind M'. 



(?. Antenna deutate (PI. LX. f. 23. 24. 25), the teeth short. Tenth tergite 

 rather flat, convex above, apex rounded; sternite narrow, ijointed. Clasper 

 (PI. IL. f. 22) sole-shaiied ; barjje short, dilated dorsad and distad at end. I'enis- 

 sheatli with a long flat iirocess just before apical edge, carved pro.ximad and laterad, 

 not dentate (PI. LV.f. 41). 



Larva green, with white stripes, which are more or less edged with red. 



I/a/j. South Russia to the Altai district and southward to North Persia and 

 the Cilician Taurus. 



Li the Tring Mascunj, 1 larva, K> 6 6 , >> ? ? from Soutii Russia; Kisyl Art. 



527. Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensis (PI. VII. f. 2'), S). 



I'Ifriiijon Luhljaenyia Graeaer, llerl. Lint. Zeitselir. xxxvii.p.299 (1892) (Kuldja) ; Kirby, Nii\. Zndi.. 



i. p. lUO (1H94) ; Bartel, in Riihl, Grosssehm. ii. p. 210(190(1). 

 riiiiiijnn i/iiri/i iiiaili. ■< viir. hiddjtteiii'.^, Staudiiii,'er i^;- Reb-, Cal. Lip. ed, iii. p. 104. n. 7li7a(l9ol) 



(Thiau. oc. ; Is.-^. K. s. oc ; V Arm. trans. j. 



