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protarsal segment few in iiuuilici- and large, agreeing liest witii tiioi^e ul' tlie 

 following form. 



Ilah. Bulgbar Dagh, ('ilicia, Jnue. 



lu the Tring Museum It?,!? received from Herr M. lloltz. 



</. t'. I'liphorbiue ceidrahi»iue. 



DciU'phihi cuphurhMc. Bienert, Lep. Erg. RvUe Persieii p. 32 (186'J) (Teheran, v. ; this f„i-m y) ; 

 Christ., in Rom., Man. Up. iii. p. 54 (1S87) (Askhabad, I ? , pale). 



Deilejihilii c'lphurhhtf var. ceiitriildsine Staudinger, Slrll. Kid. Zeit. xlviii. p. lU (1S87) (Samarkand : 

 Xamangau) ; Grum-Grsch., in Rom., Mihu. Lep. iv. p. oil. n. 204 (1890) (Osch, v., common) : 

 Kirby, Cut. Lep. Ilet. i. p. Cl'iCi. n. 17. d (IS'J'i) ; Bartel, in Riihl, Gr<j><s>ivhm. ii. p. 8"J (lH'.l'.i). 



c? ? . Very pale. Abdominal steruites without distinct pale borders. A\'hite 

 npjx'r border of mesothoracic tegula generally vestigial, sometimes distinct. 

 Sidmiargiual baud of hindwing less black than in the other subspecies. Distal 

 marginal area of forewing rather darker than the disc, therefore the olivaceous band 

 not very sharply defined distally. Outer spines of first protarsal segment long and 

 few in number, the segment shorter than in the other subspecies. Sometimes the 

 body and wiugs rosy red. 



Larva with one row of lateral spots. 



Had. Trauscaspia. 



In the Tring Museum 1 larva, 3 <?<?, -4 ? ? from: Askhabad ; Achiil Tekke ; 

 Prov. Kuliali, Afghanistan. 



L C. eupkorbiae robertsi. 



Dulrphihi eiiphurbhie, Bieuert, Lep. Eiej. Rehc Persieii p. 32 (18G9). 



(.') Deilephilii spec, Christoph, Unr. Sue. Eiii. Ro.'is. x. p. 31 (1873) (Shahrud). 



DiUephAa rnliertsi Butler, Pmc. Zoo!. Soe. Loud. p. 41 1 . n. 2u. t. 30. f. 9. 10 (/.. p.) (1880) (Kandahar, 



larva common ou Eii/ihorbia) ; Swinh., Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. p. 346 n. 1. (1885) (Kandahar. 



vii., common) ; Cot. & Swinh., Cat. Moths Iiid.i. p. 21. n. Ul (1887). 

 Dilephila dalilii, Hampson, in Blanf., Eauna Brit. Iml, Moths i. p. 99. n. 15G (1892) (Kandahar : 



Simla). 

 DeilephUa pepHdes Christoph, E,if. Xarhr. xx. p. 333 (1894). 

 De'dephila eupkorbiae yax. peplidis, Bartel, in Riihl, Grossschm. ii. p. 88 (1899). 

 Deilephita eupliorbiae var. robertsi, Staudinger & Rebel, Cat. Lep. ed. iii. p. 102. n. 749. d (1901). 



c? ? . A dark form, occurring in the same countries as centralasiae but j)robabIy 

 in other stations. First protarsal segment with more and shorter external sjiines 

 than in centralasiae. Further observations are necessary to show the true geo- 

 graphical relation of pejjlidis and centralasiae. They are not seasonal forms 

 judging from the data given by the collectors. 



Under surface of wings much speckled witli brown, reminding one of tithjinall. 



Larva with a double series of lateral spots. 



liab. Transcaspia southward to Kandahar, Afghanistan. 



In the Tring Museum $S, 5 ? ? from: Askhabad; Jlerw, iii. iv. ; Gr. 

 15alkau, Turcm. 



i. C. eupkorbiae nert'osa subsp. nuv. 



c?. Mesothoracic tegula with whih; upper edge. Abdomen : two lilack lateral 

 sjiots ; fringe of tergites not white in middle. 



Wings, upperiiiile. Forewing : costal area clay-colour I'rom base to near ape.\, 



broadly shaded with black beiiind from base to M-, then sinuate ; in this sinus an 

 indistinct black ])atcii ; tiie patch beyond a])ex of cell merged together with costal 



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