( 719 ) 



yellow. Ill a black specimeu from .Saratow the second row of spots vestigial ; two 

 pale examples from the same place have two rows of spots. 



Jlnh. Kiirope ; from Spain to Morea and the Caucasus, northward to the South 

 Coast of England, Southern Sweden. 



In the Tring Miisum 22 caterpillars, 2 pupae, and sii-odd specimens. 



It is (piite possible, even ])robable, that at least the caterpillars from the various 

 districts are different. A series should be compared especially from Spain, Italv, 

 lireece, and Southern Russia. 



This subspecies is individually variable. The principal varieties are the 

 following : 



a. C. euphovhiae eaphorbiae f. puralias. 



Ihilqih'da euphnrhiae var. panilius Nickerl, llijiiin. Twj. \k 22. f. 2 (1837) (Venedig) ; Kirby, Cat. 



Lep. Het. i. p. 666. n. 17. a (18'.I2). 

 Deilephlla euphorbiac a,h. pa ral km, Romanoff, Mem. Lep. i. p. 70 (1884) (Borjom) ; Staud. it Rebel, 



Cat. Lep. ed. iii. p. 102. n. 749. a (1901). 

 Deilephiht eitphorbkie var. (et ab. ?) panilias, Bartel, in Riihl, C;/'(i.m.si7(/«. ii. p. H5 (IS'.l'.l). 



A large, sharply marked, reddish form. 



b'. C. eupkorbiae euphorbiae f. rubescens. 



Dcdephila euphorbiae ab. rit6e.s«/(S Garbowski, Sit::. Ber. Al: Wis'<. Wien p. 917 (1892) ; Bartel, I.e. 

 p. SG (1899). 



Differs from ordinary s^x'cimens in being more red. 



c'. C. eupJiorbiac euphorbiui' f. yrentzenberyi. 



SphiiLc iiicaeaf, Ochseuheimer, Srhm. Eur. ii. [). 225 (1808) (Portugal). 



Ueilephila euplinrl/tae var. girnt-.mlM'n/i Staudinger, Ent. Xachr. xi. p. 10 (1885) (Capri) ; Austaut, 



Le Xat. viii. p. 259 (1886) ; Kirby, I.,-. (1K92) : Staud. &Reb., Cat. Lep. ed. iii. p. 102. n. 749. b 



(1901). 

 Ihilephila eiiplmrhide var. (et ab.) fjrcntzeubeeiji, Bartel, I.e. ii. p. 86 (1899) (Capri ; Lissabon ; 



Toulouse). 



i'pperside of wings brighter rosy red than in the preceding. 



It would perhaps be wise to keep forms a', b', and c, under one head ; they 

 intergraduate so comi)letely that it is impossible to say where the oue begins and 

 the other ends. 



The following forms have more the nature of true aberrations : 



il.' ( '. euphorbiac euphorbiae ab. helioscopiae. 



Sjilt/iij; eiiphuibiae, Selys-Longch., IhiH. Soc. Enl. Fraiiee p. 110 (1856) (var.) ; Boisd., ibid. (1856). 

 Dedephda euphorbiae var. helioarupiae Selys-Longch., Ann. Sue. But. Belg. i. p. 40 (1857). 

 Ik'ilephila euphorbiae, Calberla, L-ix i p. 141 (1887) (Firenze). 

 Ihilephila eiijihorbuie ab. helioscopiae, Bartel, I.e. ii. p. 88 (1899)^ 

 lleilephila euphorbiae ab. dejecta id., I.e. ii. p. 88 (1899). 



Hiudwing without black submargiual baud. 



(?'. C. eupkorbiae euphorbiae ab. lajitolei. 



Deilephila eiiphoriiiae ab. lafiloiei Thierry-Mieg, Le Nat. x\. p. 181 (1889) (Pyrenees) ; Bartel, I.e. ii. 



p. 87 (1899). 

 Dedephila euphorbiae ab. lofitchii (!), Kirby, Cat. Lep. llct. i. p. ^j^S(). n. 17. b (1892) (laps. cal.). 

 Deilephila i/iphorbiae ab. latifutii (!), Staudinger, in Staud. & Reb , Cat. Lep. ed. iii. p. 102. sub 



n. 749 (1901) (laps. cal.). 



Yellow instead of red. 



