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llah. Nearctic llegion, I'roiu Canada to (_'i)lorailo and (ieorgia, extending- in 

 till' northern district westward to Vancouver, Oregon, and Nortlieru California. 



In the Tring Miisenm hirvae, y(»-odd specimens from various i)arts of Canada 

 and the United States. 



(570. Celerio biguttata. 



*Dr;hi,r,hi h!fi>,IUi/a Walker, LA-/ Lep. /«.«. B. J/, viii. p. 172. n. 15 (1850) (Madag. ;— Miis. 

 Brit.) ; Guen., in Vins.. Voi/. Malnn. p. SO. (18115) ; Boisd.. Spu'. Gea. Up. Ilct. i. p. IGll 

 D. -2 (1875) ; Butl., 7')v/»s. Zool Sor. Lund. ix. p. 5(58 n. 3 (1877) ; id., Cixt. Ent. ii. p. 393 

 (187'J) (Antananarivo); Mab., Ann. .S'hc. Ent. France p. 296 (1879) (Madag.) ; Saalm., L,-p. 

 .Mad. 1). 123 n. 29:', (1884) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. p. G64 n. 3 (1892). 



Drdepliihi eleagni Boisduval, /.<■. 



*J),;hph>la euphorhiohles Swinhoe. Cat. Lep. Ilet. .Win. O.c. i. p. 22 n. 8 (1892) (" Japan " err. loci :— 

 JMus. Oxford) ; Leech, Tran.i. Ent. Soc. Land. p. 285 n. 59 (1898) (" not seen'). 



J?. Palvillns present. Spines of first protarsal segment not ol)viously 

 jirolonjied. Upper edge of mesothoracic tegula not white. Abdomen with two 

 hirge bhick hiteral spots. Upperside of body dark olive-brown, underside somewliat 

 paler ; underside of wings cinnamon-brown, much speckled with deep brown, disc 



somewhat reddish. Forewing aliove with a pale line from apex to basal third of 



hinder margin, area outside this line darker brown than the area between the line 

 and costal margin ; a brown postcostal patch beyond apex of cell more or less 

 distinct generally followed by a narrower jatch at fork ; hinder edge of wing 

 conspicuously white. 



<?. Friction-scales large, and less numerous than in nipliflrbiap, linmta, etc. ; 

 harpe of tlie eiiphorbiac-iy\ye, process stouter and shorter, much stronger curved. 



Early stages not known. 



Hub. Madagascar. 



In the Tring Museum 9 c?<?, 9 ? ?. 



677. Celerio euphorbiarum. 



Sphin.,- r„pl,nrl,iani,n Gue'rin & Perch., Gen. Ins. t. 3. f. 1 (1835). 



Deilrphda .cl.nn Boisduval, Spee. Gen. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 170. n. 13 (187.5) (Buenos Ayres ; Uruguay ; 

 Chill). 



*I)ed,'phda ^'pnufaM.i Batler, Prnc. Zonl. Soc. Lmxd. p. 81 (1871) (Buenos Ayres ; Patagonia ;— 

 Mus. Brit.) ; id., Trans. Zaol. So-. Lnnd. ix. p. 568. n. 5 (1877). 



Deile,,hila enpliorhlariim, Berg, Bull. Moscoti p. 2015. n. 17 (1875) (Patagonia; descr. of larva) : 

 id.. Art. Ac. ^W. i. p. 83. n. 17 (1876) ; Butler, I.e. p. 630. 638 (1877) (= splnifa-'icki cclenn) ■ 

 Burm., Descr. Rep. Anient, v. p. 337. n. 1 (1878); id., /.-'. Atlas p. 38. t. 16. f. 1—3. 5—8 

 (/.. /)., /) (1879) ; Bartl.-Calv., Cat. Lep. Chile p. 12. D. 91 (1886) {^sphufascia^celcm,) ; 

 Kiiby, C<il. Lep. Ilet. i. p. i;(;5. n. 3 (1892) (B. Ayres ; Patagonia ; Chili). 



S ? . Pulvillus present. Outer spines of first ])rotarsal segment stout and long. 

 Body as in annei, the fourth and fifth black abdominal spots often absent or 

 vestigial. Brown costal area of forewing sharply defined, incised at the veuis. 

 lied area of hindwing variable in widtii. Hindwiug below with two black 

 patches before abdominal edge, one at base, the other at anal angle. 



6. Sexual armature of_ the same type as in eupliovbiae^ galUi, etc. ; tip oi 

 hurpe less acute. 



Larva varying from greyish green to Idack : a pale dorsal Hue, absent or 

 vestigial in the dark forms ; a series of black, round, dorso-lateral spots encircled by 

 a pale yellow ring.— Food-plants : Mirabilis jalappa ; Ccstrum ; etc. 



