( '31 J 



Huh. Transcas]ii!i, castwanls to the Issyk-kiil; North Persia; ? Xaryn, S. 

 ]{iissia. 



Ill tlie Triug Museum Si, 5 ? ? from : Margelan ; Merw. 



683. Celerio lineata. 



Sphbixvilh, Houttuyn {nnn Linne, 1758), Niitiivl. H/.it. i. 11. p. 4.34. n 14. t. '.»). f. 4 (17l)7) (partim). 

 Sphinx lineata Fabricius, Si/st. Ent. p. 541. n. 18 (1775) (America) ; iii. Maul. fiia. ii. p. 9(1. n. ;^7 



(1787) ; id. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 147. n. 34 (1781) ; Gmel., S,,st. Xal. i. 5. p. ^'.iS?.. n. 8.i (17'.tO) ; 



Fabr., Enl. Si/st. iii. 1. p. .368. n. 39 (179;i). 

 Deilephila lineata, Ochsenheimer, Srhni. Eur. iv. p. 42. n. 5 (ISK!). 

 Phr!/.nix livornica, Hiibner, I'c/--. bek. Schin. p. 137. n. 14tj8 (18-J:i). 

 Deilephila lieomim Bartel, in Riihl, Gros.'<:<chn. ii. p. 98 (1900). 



c??. Pnlvillus present, smaller in the American subspecies tiian in the two 

 of the Eastern Hemisphere. Outer spines of foretarsus prolonged, at least partly, 

 their number often obviously reduced. Mesothoracic tegula with white upper 

 fringe. Abdomen witii a double series of black dorsal dots. Veins of forewing 

 aliove pale from cell to marginal band. End of abdomen see PI. LXIII. f. 3, and 

 mouth-parts PI. LXII. f. 2. 



.Sexual armature of the ordinary tyi)e ; process of harjie comiJaratively short, 

 acute, curved. 



Larva very variable ; green to black ; a dorsal line, a dorso-lateral one 

 traversing tlie eye-spots and a line below the stigmata ; tliese lines sometimes 

 absent; eye-spots often vestigial. — Food-plants: Gulium; Vifis; liumr-r; Ocnof/ie/ri; 

 Fortulaca ; Prunus ; etc., etc. 



Pupa long; tongue-case enlarged basally, two frontal tubercles above at 

 its base. 



Hub. America ; Africa ; .South Europe, eastwards to China and South India ; 

 Australia. 



The distribution is very remarkable, inasmuch as tlie species does not occur 

 in the countries between North India and Australia, while it reajipears in the 

 latter. 



Three sharply defined subspecies : 



a. C. lineata lineata. 



Sphin.r ritis, Houttuyn {w,n Linnt^, 1758), Naturl. Hist. i. 11. p. 438. n. 14. t. 90. f. 4 (17G7) 



(partim) ; Miill., Nattirs. v. 1. p. 640. n. 16. t. 20. f. 4 (1774) (partim). 

 Sphin.r lineaUt Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 541. n. 18(1775); Goeze, Ent. Beytr.m. 2. p. 20C. n. 11 



(1780) ; Abb. & Smith, Ins. Cieorgia i. p. 77. t. 39 (1797) ; Don., Brit. Inx. vi. p. 59. t. 204. f. 1 



(1797). 

 Sphin.i- danriix Cramer, Paji. Exot. ii. p. 41. t. 125. f. D (1777) ; Goeze, Ent. Beytr. iii. 2. p. 223. n. 69 



(1780) ; Lep. & Serv., Ene. .UM. x. p. 465. t. 66. f. 5 (1825). 

 Deilejihila lineata, Ochsenheimer, Sehm. Eur. iv. p. 42. n. 5 (1816) (partim) ; Steph., Cat. Brit. Inx. 



ii. p. 33 (1829) ; Harris, in Sillim., .Journ. Se. Art xxxvi. p. ,304. n. 1 (1839) ; 01cm., Jmirn. Ac. 



N. Sr. Philail. iv. p. 143. n. 22 (1859) ; Morris, G((. Lep. N. Am. p. 20 (1860) ; Clem., in Morris, 



Syn. Lep. N. Am. p. 164. n. 1 (1862) ; Harris, ed. Flint, In«. Inj. Veyet. p. 328 (186.3) ; Lintn.^ 



Proc. Ent. Sar. Philad. iii. p. 662 (1864) (life hi.st.) ; Grote, Prae. Ent. Sor. Phihal. v. p. 58 



(1865) ; id. & Rob., Hid. v. p. 156. n. 49 (1(565) ; Grote, /.-•. vi. p. 328 (1867) ; Riley, Ent. Amer. 



ii. p. 257. fig. 162—164 (1870) ; Dimm. & Mann, Pxyche ii. p. 67 (1871) (liter, rel. to metam.) ; 



Riley, Rept. .Ui.'imuri iii. p. 141 fig. (1871) ; Lintn., Ent. Contr. i. p. 192 (1872) ; id., I.e. ii. p. 179 



(1873) ; Grote, Ball. Buffalo Sne. N. Se. i. p. 21 (1874) ; id., I.e. ii. p. 225. n. 25 (1H7.'-.) ; Thaxt., 

 P«yehe i. p. 29 (1S74) (Newton, Mass., vi. ix.) ; Saund., liejjt. Ent. Sac. (hilar, iv. p. 28 fig. 



(1874) ; Riley, Rept. .Uissuuri viii. p. 122. fig. 42—44 (1876) : Saund., /.'■. vi. p. 37. fig. (1876) : 

 P.utl., Tran.'i. Zaid. Sor. Land. ix. p. 5t;8. n. 2 (1877) ; Dew., .Milth. .Miinvh. Enl. Ver. i. p. 92 



