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ThaumaR vespertilio, Hiibner, Ven. hek. Schiii. p. 138. n. 147G (1822). 



S/,!n/iix rnjiirtiliii, Vogel. Srhmett. Cah. vii. p. 15. t. 7. f. 2 (1825). 



D,iUplula veipertUw var. h,u;-Ichar,lll Mory, Mitth. Schw. Ent. Ge.i. x. p. 3451. t. 1 (1001). 



<??. The uniformly brownish forewing, which shows only a vfstig(! of tiie 

 ilisoal line, distinguislies this spocies from all the others. External spines of first, 

 protarsal segment not mneh jirolonged, the row complete, double at base. Pulvillus 

 vestigial. 



S. Tlie thin part of the harpe short, little curved. 



Larva, adult, without horn, dorso-lateral spots not quite round, last one 

 elongate ; back with a network of thin brown lines somewliat resembling tiic 

 minute pattern of the back of elpcnor. — Food-plant : EjAlohiHtn. 



Pujia longer and slenderer than in gallii and cnphorbiac. 



The following forms are doubtless hybrids between vespertilio on one side and 

 euphorhiae and hippophnes on the other. As the hybrids have not yet been reared 

 in confinement we do not know which species served as S and which as ? . Tiie 

 larvae of these supposed hybrids live on Epilobium, that of hybr. amelia also on 

 Uippophae. Of the four possible combinations two only seem to be known ; but 

 tlie hybr. amelia may be the offspring of a different combination from that of 

 ceapertilioidcs, in one case resj/ertilio serving perhaps as <S, in tlie other as ?. 



n. hybr. hippophaes x vespertilio, or vespertilio x hippophtirs. 

 Sphinx amelia Feisthamel, Bull. Sc. Nat. ii. p. 162 (1827); Boisd., Ltd. .Ui-fh p. ?>i (1829) 



(= resperl il ill/ill s). 

 Deihphila amelia. Duponchel, in God., Lep. Fraiirc, Sup/,/, ii. p. 11. t. 1. f. 2 (18.35). 

 *Sphi,u- respfrtUioiil,.^ Boisduval, Ann. So,: Liim. Parix vi. p. 114. t. f,. f. 4 (1827) ; id., Im!. Mrth. 



p. 33 (182',1) (= amelia ;— coll. Charles Oberthiir) ; Boisd., Ramb. & Grasl., Icaii. Uiyl. Chetiill., 



Spiling, t. 9. f. 1 (1832); Ramb., Ann.Soc.Ent. France p. 426 (1832) (= hybr. vespertilio x 



hippophaes) ; Treit., in Ochs., Schm. Eur. x. 1. p. 135 (1834) ; Herr.-Sch., ihid. ii. p. 89. n. 23. 



f. 10. 13(1847) ; Walk., List Lep. Lis. B. ^f. viii. p. 170. n. 12 (1856) ; Boisd., Sj)ec. Ghi. Lep. 



Het. i. p. 175. n. 18 (1875) ; Hofm., Raup. Grosaschm. p. 284 (1893) ; id., Grnssschm. p. 29 



(1894). 

 Deihphila vespertilio hibr. vespertilioides, Staudinger & Wocke, Cat. Lep. ed. ii. p. 36. n. 461. a 



(1871) ; Bartel, in Riihl, Grossschm. ii. p. 61 (1899) (Grenoble ; Isere). 



L hyhr. vespertilio x eaphorbiae, or eupl/orbiax x vespejiilio. 

 *Sphin.v epilobii Boisduval, Ramb. & Grasl., Jeon. Hist. Chenill., Sphimi. t. 9 f. 2 (18.32) (coll. 



Charles Oberthiir). 

 Deilephila ejiilohii Rambur, Atm. Soc. Ent. Fntnee p. 426 (1832) ( = hybr. vespertilio x enphorhiac) ; 



Boisd., Icon. Lep. ii. p. 24. n. 4. t. 51. f. 3 (1834) (Lyon) ; Herr.-Sch., Schm. Eur. ii. p. 89. n. 21. f. 9 



(1K47) ; Walk., List Lep. Ins. B. .U. viii. p. 170. n. 11 (18.56) ; Boisd., .S/wc. Gen. Up. Het. i. p. 177. 



n. 19 (1875) ; Rou. & Reyn., Bnll. Soc. Ent. France p. 84 (1877) (Lyon, viii.) ; Hofm., Ran/,. 



f,'/f,.v.s.s(A/«. p. 285. t. 48. f. 11 (1893) ; id., Grossschm. p. 29. t. 27. f. 1. b (1894) . Standf., Ifandh. 



Sehm. p. 54 (1896) ; Schlumb., .Mitth. Miinrh Ent. Ver. xii. p. 1 (1897) ; id.. I.e. xiii. p. 2 (189s). 

 DeUepliihi vi'sppytiUo hibr. epilohii, Staudinger & Wocke, Cot. Lep. ed. ii. p. 36. n. 461. b (1871) ; 



Bartel. in Ruhl., G,-osssrhm. ii. p. 63 (1S99) (Elsass ; Basel ; VVallis ; Bozen ; Wieu ; Lyon). 



J/iib. South France northward to Baden, eastward to Caucasia and Armenia, 

 not recorded from Spain and North Africa. 



In the Tring Museum 3 larvae, 1 pujja, 8ii-odd spccimeus. 



()82. Celerio hippophaes. 



S/,hi,i.,- hippophaes Esper, Srhmelt. ii. S„/,/,l. 2. p. 6. n. 65. t. 38. f. 1—3 (1789) (Wallachei). 



(??. I'ulvillus vestigial. First protarsal segment with few si)ines externally, 

 l)iit most of these spines prolonged. Abdominal segments witliout white fringes. 



