( 730 ) 



Inner edj^i-' of Ijrown Imiul (if l'urL'\viii,u- striii.iiiit, at least le.ss Went lieliind than 

 ill the Ibnns of eniihorhiae ; pale discal area jiradiially sliailini^ off into tlie darkei- 

 costal area, no eostal j)atcb beyond apex of ceil, or this jjatch ratlier small, separate 

 from costal mar',nn. Mesothoracic tcfiula not fringed white above. 



c?. Sexnal armature not obviously different from tJiat of rrxj/i'iiilio. 



Larva witliout ocelli, there being- one large elongate s])ot at the base of the 

 rather thin horn, the round spots of the other species represented by a jiale 

 dorso-lateral line: below stigmata a broad wliite continuous Imnd.— Food-plant : 



Pupa slender, as in vespertilio, the liead-case slightly broader. 

 J lab. From Spain northward to Baden, easlwanl to Central Asia. 

 Two snbs])ecies : 



a. C. kippophars hippophacn, 



Sjjl,;i,.r hippnj.hiii's Esper, l.,\ : Hlibn., fiamml. Em: Srhm., Sphiin/. p. 117. n. 8. t. 2-2. f. 109 (ISO-?) ; 

 id., GeKvh. Eur. Srhiii. ii. Sjihing. iii. Lfc/. B. b. c. f . l.a— c(180~V) ; Ood., Li-j,. Fraiire h\. 

 p. 173. t. nw- (1823) ; Lucas, Lq). Eur. p. 113. t. 43 (1834). 



S/ilihu hipj>"pln I <•(•■■' (!), Ochsenheimer, Srhm. Eur. ii. p. "Jil. n. 3 (1808). 



Drilipliila }i!j,j.(ij,h(ic!i, id., l.r. iv. p. 43. n. 7, p. 178. n. 7 (1810) : Frey., Bei/lr. i. p. 65. GG. t. 20 

 (1828); Meig., .S//.s/. B.'urhr. Schm. p. 140. n. 10. t. G5. f. 4 (1830) ; Boisd., Ramb. & Grasl., 

 Jflxt. Icon. ChenilL, .V"'".'/ t- 9 (1832) ; Treit., iu Ocha., Schin. Eur. x. p. 130(1834); Dup., 

 Mm. CheiiiU. i. te.rte. t. 4. f. 2. a. b (1832—42) ; Herr.-Sch., Eur. Sclim. ii. p. 89. n. 22 (1847) ; 

 Walk., />;.s7 Lep. Iii.'<. B. M. viii. p. 109. n. 9 (1850) ("Corsica, Sardinia" ad i'.eiiph. lUiMi diet. 

 refer.) ; Luc. Up. Eur. ed. ii. p. 138. t. 43. f. 1 (1804) ; Boisd., Spfr. Qen. Up. Het. i. p. 159, 

 n. 1 (1876) ; Biitl., Tranx. Zool. Soc. Land. ix. p. 571. n. 21 (1877) : Kirby, Trans. Enl. Soc. 

 Loud. p. 230 (1877) (=amelia) ; KOI., Jahrh. Nat. GV.*. Graub. xxiii. p. 44 (1880) ; AVeism., 

 ed. Meld., S/u<l. Theor. Desc. i. p. 218. t. 0. f. 68, t. 7. f. 59. 00. 01 (1882) (larva) ; Rom., 

 .Mi'iu. Li'jK i. p. 70 (1884) (Tifli.s ; Derbent) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Bet. i. p. 667. n. 22 (1892) (syn. 

 partim) ; Hofm., Raup. Grns><schm. p. 28. t. 7. f. 4 (1893) ; id., Grossschm. p. 29. n. 2. t. 17. f. 2 

 (1894) ; Bartel, in Riihl, ibid. ii. p. 05 (1899) ; Staud. & Reb., Cat. Lep. ed. iii. p. 102. n. 743 

 (1901). 



Ilylan hippojiliaes, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Srhm. p. 137. n. 1473 (1822). 



Spbitix hippophnees (!), Vogel, Srhmett. Cab. x. p. 9. t. 5. f. 1 (1829) (larva). 



nUfphila h/ppopluie.i, Kirby, in Allen, Nat. Libr., Moth.« iv. p. 34. t. 102. f. 3 (1897). 



(??. Upperside of body and band of forewing lilackish dive; underside also 

 much shaded with olive. 



Ilab. Spain to the Caucasus. 



In the Tring Museum 2 larvae, 1 pupa, 25 sjiecimens from Switzerland. 



A\'e have not seen Caucasian examples. 



b. C. hippophai's bicnerti. 



DeilephUa h'ippnpharg, Bienert, Lep. Erij. Rrisc Perxieii p. ,32 (1809). 



DeUephila spec, Cliristoph, //of. Sor. Eut. Rn^s. x. p. 31 (1873) (Shahrud). 



Deilpphila hieiierti Staudinger, Stett. Ent. Zcil. xxxv. p. 91 (1874) ; Butl., Trans. ZuuL Soc. Loud. ix. 



p. 571. n. 20 (1877) ; Aust., Le Nat. viii. p. 200 (1880) ; Alph., in Rom., J/e'm. Lep. v. p. 83. 



n. 21 (1889) (Lob Nor) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 007. n. 21 (1892) ; Bartel, in Riihl, 



Grosssc/im. ii. p. 07 (1899). 

 DeUephila insidiosa Erschoff, in Fedscb., Reise Turh'st., Lep.p. 2b (ISli) ; Kirby, Enl. .Mo. .Ma;/. 



XXV. p. 301 (1889) ; Grum-Grsch., in Rom., Mrui. Lep. iv. p. 510. n. 202 (1890) (Ferghana ; 



= bicuerti). 

 DeUephila hippophac^ var. Iileucrti, Staudinger & Rebel, Cat. Lep. ed. iii. p. Itl2. n. 743. a (1901). 



c? ? . Much paler tliau tiie lu-eceding form, clayish, underside almost cream- 

 colour ; the jiatch beyond end of cell of forewing absent or vestigial. 



A (i from Merw in the Tring Museum paler thau the other individuals. 



