( 717 ) 



.V'"'' !/"'''. l^org, in Silljurm., Jirc. linl. ii. p. 17'.) (1834) (Canaries). 



S/ihiii.i: lithijniiili. Riimbur, Fdiine Amhil.Tp. 333 (1842) (V Spanish). 



Ihiteiiliila hithijrux f, Baker, Ti-ans. K,d. Soc. Lrmd. p. 204 (18iH) (Madeira). 



LhUrjihila tithymali 'i, id., /.-■. p. 204 (1891) (Madeira). 



JkilejMhi ildlili Ya.r.tit/ii/inul!, Alpheraky, in Rom., .Urm. f.i/i. v. p. 22;!. n. 10 (188U) (Teueritt'e). 



c? ? . Body and wings below much more brown than in the other forms, wings 

 densely sjjeckled with brown. Brown costal area of forewing above generally 

 broad. Upper edge of mesothoracic tegnia white. Abdominal sternites witli 

 white edges. 



Larva with oni^ row of side-spot.s, the second row vestigial : densely dotted 

 with grey. 



/Jnd. Canary Islands : Teneriffe ; Orotawa. 



In the Tring Musenm 1 larva, 7 (?c?, T ? ?. 



c. C. eiiphorbiac maurctanica. 



Drilrphihi lithiiiiudi, Bellier {iiou Boisduval, 1834), Bull. Soc. Ent. Frame p. 45 (1848) (larva) ; 



Luc, Will. p. 47 (1848) (larva) ; Bell., Ann. Sor. Ent. Frame p. 488. fig. (1848) (larva) ; 



Obertb., Et. Ent. i. p. 32. t. 2. f. 1. a. b. c. (1876) (Lambeze ; Biskra) ; Oberth., I.e. vi. p. 03 



(1881) { — inauritanica ; discussed nicaea, dahli, etc.). 

 De'dephila cii/>horhiae, Lucas, in E.epl. Se. Ahjirk; Zool. p. 370. n. 65. t. 2. f. 8. a — d (1849) ; id., in 



Chenu, Enc. Hist. Nat., Pap. i. p. 259. fig. 460 (1853) ; id., Bull. Soc. Ent. France p. 13 (1858) 



(Algiers, pale). 

 l>eile/iliihi niduretanica Staudinger, in Staud. & Wocke, Cat. Le/>. ed. ii. p. 36. n. 466 (1871) (nora. 



nov. loc. tithijinali et euphorhiae auct. : Maur ; "Mad." loc. err.) \ Oberth., El. Ent. i. p. 32 



(1876) ; Buti., rra/(.s. Zool. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 570. n. 13(1877) ; Aust., Le Nat. viii. p. 260 



(1886) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 666. n. 16 (1K92) (" Madeira " loc. err.) ; Bartel, in Riihl, 



C,'r.,.«,s-c/«H,. ii. p. 77 (1899) ; Staud. & Reb., Cat. Lep. ed. iii. p. 102. n. 747 (1901). 

 IhiUphila manrelaniea. ab. deserticola Bartel, in Riihl, (jnixxseliiu . ii. p. 79 (1899). 

 Deile/iliila niaurrtaniea var. (et ab.) drxcrlii-nla, Staudinger & Rebel, Cat. Lep. ed. iii. p. 102. n. 747. a 



(1901). 



c? ? . A pale form. Abdominal segments edged with white above and below. 

 Costal area of forewing above extended brown, veins within brown discal band 

 generally more or less pale. Outer spines of first protarsal segment stout. 



Larva with one row of dorso-lateral spots. Side-bauds rather bright yellow. 



Uab. North Ai'rica : Morocco ; Algiers. 



In the Tring Museum 8 larvae, 1(3 cJc?, 7 ? ? from : Morocco ; Algiers. 



d. C. etiphorbiae eiiphorbixc. 



Hoefn., Arehel. ii t. 8 (1592); \6., Div. Ins. t. 8. £. 3 (1630); Mouf., Thealr. Ins. p. 93. fig. 3 



(1634) ; Merian, Eur. Lis. iii. t. 22 (1683) ; Frisch, Lis. ii. p. 43. n. 12. t. 11. f. 7 (1721) ; 



R.'aum., Hist. Lis. i. p. 289. t. 13. f. 4—7 (1734) ; Roes., ///.s-. Beliist. i. p. 17. t. 3. f. 4. 5 



(1746) ; Lederm., Naehlese p. 48. t. 26—29 (17i;2) ; Geoffr., Hist. his. ii. p. 87. n. 11 (1763) ; 



Gronov., Zonphyl. p. 202. n. 822 (1764) (partim ?) ; vSeba, Thesaiir. iv. t. 53. f. 11 (1765) ; 



Harris, Aiirel. p. 87. t. 44. f. a. c (1766) ; Schaeff., L:iin. Ralish. t. 99. f. 3. 4 (1766) : Ernst 



& Engr., Lep. Eur. iii. p. 86. t. 107. f. c— f (1782). 

 Sphin.e euphorhiae Linn(', Sijsl. Nat. ed. x. p. 492. n. 17 (1758) (partim) ; id., Fauna Suee. ed. ii. 



p. 287. n. 10K6 (1761); Poda, .lA«s-. Graee. p. 81. n. 5 (1761) (partim); Scop., Ent. Cam. 



p. 186. n. 471 (1763); Milll., Fauna FrUl. p. .37. n. 343 (1764); Houtt., Nat. Hist. i. II. 



p. 445. n. 17 (1767) (partim) ; Linne, Sijst. Nat. ed. .\ii. p. 802. u. 19 (1767) ; Beckm., Epit. 



p. 161. n. 11 (1767) (partim) ; Goe/.e, in Bonnet's Abhaiidl. p. 93. n. 1 (1773) ; Drury, Hluslr. 



E.r. Jiu. i. p. 64. t. 29. f. 3 (1773) ; MiiU., Naturs. v. 1. p. 641. n. 19 (1774) ; Fabr., %v/. Ent. 



p. .541. n. 17 (1775) (partim) ; Fuessly, Verz. Schweiz. Lis. p. 32. n. 620(1775); MiiM, Zool. 



Dan. Prodi: p. 116. n. 1340 (1776); Den. & Schiff., Verr:. Sehin. Wien p. 42. n. 1 (1776); 



Gron., Naturf. x. p. 110 (1777); Mad., od. Kleem., Rauprnhd. p. 52. n. 141, p. 70. u. 199 



(1777) ; Meyer, in Fuessly, .\huj. Ent. i. \). 226 (177H) ; Uiumoub., Hamlb. Natunj. p. 365. u. 9 



