( 726 ) 



llnh. Sonthcni district of Sdutli Anieric-i : Tucuiiiaii to Patagonia ; < 'liili ; 

 Sontliern Brasilia. 



In till' Tring Mnsciiin 14 c^cJ, 12 ? ? from : Chili : I'liciins Ayrcs ; La (»ama, 

 Artrt'iiliiia, xii. ; rroviiico ol" Uio dc Janeiro. 



078. Celerio annei. 



Sphinx iiiiiiii (ludrin, Mni/. Zaal. {■>). i. I»s. t. 2. (ISI!'.)) (Santiago). 



JMIejiltilu amifi, Walker, Lint Lc/k Jim. li. M. viii. p. 171. n. 1-t (185()) ; Boisd., S/^fc. Gim. Up. 

 Uet. i. p. KU. n. 3 (1875) (Chili ; Peru ; cf > ? ) ; ButJ- Trans. ZooL Soc. Low/, ix. p. .071 . n. 18 

 (1877) ; Bartl.-Calv., Cat. L<'p. Chile p. 12. n. 92 (188U) ; Kirby, Cat. Lrp. II, t. i. p. Wu . n. 20 

 (1892) (Peru; Chili). 



S ? . Pulvilhis present, .Sjiiues of extorual row of first protarsal segment 

 stout. Upjier edge of mesotlioracic tegula white. Abdomen witli five lilack side- 

 patches, first tlie largest. Costal area of forewing above shaded with brown, not, 

 sharjily defined, a brown jiatch beyond end of cell ; discal area grey, becoming paler 

 towards base, somewliat bnflisli or creamy along the brown discal band. 



Not dissected. 



Early stages not known. 



Il((b, Chili ; Bolivia ; Peru. 



in the Tring Museum ? ? from : Uancagna, Chili : La Paz. P>i 

 Canibus, Peru, xii. 1899 (8imons). 



I 



(i79. Celerio iiicaea. 



Sphinx iiicaea Prunner, Le/i. Pcdem. p. 8t) (18'.)8). 



S ? . Pulvilhis present. First protarsal segment with external spines not 

 prolonged, the row doubled or trebled at base. Spines of comb of midtarsus little 

 prolonged. Abdominal sternites unicolorous, the apices being barely paler than the 

 rest of the segments. Upper and under surfaces of legs not contrasting strongly, 

 the under being nearly as pale us the ujiper, Mesotlioracic tcgnla without white 

 npiier fringe. 



J. Harjie stronger curved than in euphorbiae, similar to that ni gallii. 



Larva : head and jironotnm of the pale colour of the other segments ; two 

 dorsal series of large black patches (also on head), a round yellow or red spot in 

 these patches, spot at base of horn elongate ; a series of ventro-lateral patches 

 including similar yellow or red sjiots and extending on the under surface ; horn 

 Idack. — Food-plant : Kujthorhiu. 



Hub. Mediterranean district, eastwards to Transcaspia and North West India. 



Three subspecies : 



(1. ('. Iiicaea riicaea. 



Sjihinx iiiruea Prunner, /..■. ; Hiibner, S.iikiiiI. Km: Srhm., Sphiiig. f. I4',l. 150 (1«0-?); God., Lep. 



Fiance iii. p. 171. t. 17. f. 1 (1823) ; Meig., S,/.il. Besrhi: Srinn. ii. p. 13',l. n 8 (1.S3U). 

 Sphinx eijparissi-je Hiibner, Samnil. Eur. Schm., Sphiiii/. i. Hi) (180-?) ; id., O'esfh. Kiir. Schm.n. 



Sjihing. iii. Lee,. B. e. f. 1. a. b. c (180- ?). 

 DeHephihi nicani, Ochsenbeimer, Srhm. Etir. iv. p. 43. n. 8. p. 178. n. 8 (1816) ; Frey., N. Beijtr. ii. 



p. 143. n. 120. t. 92. 93 (1><2'.I) ; Boisd., Jml. .Meth. p. 33 (1829) ; Boisd., Grasl. & Ramb.,' Iron. 



Chenill., Sphiiifj. t. 1. f. 3. 4 (1832) ; Cant., in Silberm. Rer. E,d. i. p. 77 (18:53) (Dept. Var, 



vi. viii., = cyparissioe) ; Treit., in Ochs., Srhm. Eur. x. 1. p. 130 (1834) ; Dup., Icon. Chenill. 



t. 9. f. 1. a— d (1832-42) ; Herr.-Sch., Eur. Srhm. ii. p. 88. n. 20 (1845) ; Luc., in Chenu, Enc. 



IIIsl. Xat., Pap. i. p. 258. fig. 457. 458. 459 (1853) ; Walk., List Lejj. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 168. 



n. 7 (1856) ; Boisd., Sper. Gen. Lip. llct. i. p. 164. n. 6 (1875) ; Luc, Bull. Soc. Enl. Fiance 



