( 733 ) 



UiimU). Sclin,. p. i)5. n. '.I. t. 10. f. 2 (1S_'7) ; id., Syxl. Ii,.'<clii: N.///„. ii. p. I.', ■. u. :>. t. lil. f. ."> 

 (1830) ; Friv., in Silberm., Jin-. Ent. ii, p. 181 (1834) (Hungary) ; Ramb., Fmuic Amliihm^. 

 p. 333 (184-i) ; Treit., Iliilfsb. Srhm. p. IGC. n. 9 (1844) ; Herr.-Sch., Eur. Srl,„t. ii. p. 88. n. 44 

 (1847). 

 Deilephlla Ihuuhi, Ochsenheimer, SV/-/-. Eur. iv. p. 43. n. 5 (1810.) ; Steph., lllustr. Brit. Ent., Haust. 

 i. p. 120. n. 3. t. 12. f. 1 (182;i) ; Boisd., Ramb. & Grasl., ///<(. Icon. Chenill. t. 5. f. 3. 4, t. Ill 

 (1832) ; Cant., in Silberm., /?. c. Ent. i. p 77 (1833) (Dopt. Var, vi. vii.) ; Treit., in Ochs...SV/(//<. 

 Eur. X. p. 1211 (1834) : Dune, in Jard., .V('/. Lihr. xl. p. 152 (1843) ; Assm., Zeil^chr. Ent. 

 Breslan i. p. 5 (1847); Lucas, Bull. .'^•■r. Ent. Franre p. 100 (1847) (Djebel-Anur) ; id., 

 Expl. Sr. Ahjerie, Art. iii. p. 371. n. 67 (184iO; Wilde, Raup. ii. p. 83. n. 11 (18(50) ; Lucas, 

 Lep. Eur. ed. ii. p. 139. t. 42. f. 3. (18{i4) ; AH., Ann. Sue. Ent. France p. 315 (18(57) (Biskra) : 

 Mab., ihid. p. G38 (18C.7) (Corsica) : Obortb., Et. Ent. i. p. 32 (1876) (Algiers) ; Boisd., .s-^>e,-. 

 Gen. Lep. Ifet. i. p. 172. n. 15 (1S75) : Lucas, Untl. Soc. Ent. France p. 68 (1879) ; Mab., .4;/)!. 

 f^oc. Ent. France p. 296 (1879) (Madagascar). 



rhnjxus livornica, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schm. p. 137. n. 1468 (1822). 



Sphyiij: koeclilini, Vogel, Schmett. Cab. vii. p. 13. t. 7. f. 1. a. b (1825). 



Celerin Hneata, Oken, Lehrh. Xaturr/. iii. 1. p. 761. sub n. 1 (1815) (= hiechlini = Vn-nruica). 



Dcilephila lirurnica, Stephens, Cat. Brit. Jus. ii. p. 32 (1829) ; Westw. & Humphr., Jirit. .Uotlts 

 p. 19 t. 4. f. 7. 8. 9 (1843) ; Walk., List Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 104. n. 1 (1856) ; Mann, Wicu. 

 Ent. .M<m. iii. p. 32 (1859) (Sicily); id., /.-■. vi. p. 66 (1862) (Brussa) ; Led, ibid. vii. p. 22 

 (1863) (Bulg. ; Rumel.) ; id., .inu. Sue. Ent. Belf/. xiii. p. 28 (1869) (Elbrus, 12,000 ft.); 

 Bien., Lcj>. Erg. Rei.se Persien p. 33 (1869) (Alburs, iv.) : Bign., Entoni. v. p. 169. 180. 214 

 (1870) (life hist.) ; Hell., Eut Mo. Mag. vii. p. 99 (1870) ; Stand. & Wocke, Cat. Lep. ed. ii. 

 p. 37. D. 471 (1871): Christ., Uor. Sue. Eut. Rnsg. x. p. 31 (1873) (Shahrud ; Hadschyadabad ; 

 common) ; Butl., Traus. Zonl. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 5(;8. n. 1 (1877) ; Staud., llor. Soc. Eut. /.'(..w 

 xiv. p. 297 (1878) (Amasia ; Tokat) : Kindb., Ent. Tidsh: i. p. 153 (1880) (Ostgotland) ; Kill., 

 Jahrb. Nat. Ges. Graub. xxiii. p. 45 (1880); Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. p. 613 (1881) 

 (Kurrachi, iii.) ; Weism., ed. Meld., Stud. Theor. Desc. i. p. 215. t. 7. f . 62 (1882) (larvae) ; Albr., 

 Bull. Mosruu p. 379 (1882) (Moscow) ; Butl., /..-. p. 494. n. 46 (1884) (Aden) ; Rom., .Veui. Lep. 

 i. p. 71 (1884) (Tiflis ; Borjoum ; Derbent ; iv. — viii.) ; Swinh., Proc. Ztiol. Soc. Lund. p. 513. 

 n. 3 (1884) (Kurrachi, iii. iv.) : Moschl. Verh. Zool. But. Ges. Wien xxxiii. p. 287. n. 78 (1884) 

 (Caffraria) : Lampa, Ent. Tidskr. vi. p. 27. n. 115 (1885); Swinh., /.r. p. 287. n. 6 (188.5) 

 (Bombay) : id., Traus. Eut. Soc. Loud. p. 346. n. 2 (1886) (Quetta. vii.) ; Butl., Proc. Ziu,l. Soc^ 

 Lond. p. 379. n. 95 (1886) (Campbellpore, v.) ; Swinh., ibid. p. 435. n. 9 (1886) (Mhow, vi.) : 

 Cot. & Swinh., Cat. .Uoths lud. i. p. 20. n. 109 (1887) ; Kill. Jalirb. Nat. Ges. Graub. xxix. p. 7 

 (1886) : Warr., Proc. Zool. Soc Loud. p. 293. n. 5 (1888) (Campbellpore, v. vii.) ; Swinh., 

 Journ. Bombay N. H. Soc. iii. p. 118. n. 10 (1888) (Karachi, iii. vi.— ix.) : Mina-Pal. i^- Failla- 

 Ted., Xal. Sicil. vii. p. 42 (1889) ; Swinh., Cat. Lep. Hct. Mas. 0.c. i. p. 23. n. 86 (1892) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Lep. Bet. i. p. 664. n. 1 (1892) ; Hofm., Raup. Gross.Hclim. p. 29. t. 7. f. 8 (1h;)3) ; id., 

 Gross.'<chm. p. 30. t. 17. f. 8 (1894) ; Leech, Proc. Eut. Soc. Lond. p. 285 n. 57 (1898) (Wa-shau 

 vii.) ; Nurse, Journ. Bombai/ X. H. Sac. xii. p. 513 (1899). 



Sj/hinx licormica (!), Lalanne, .Uan. Ent. p. 115. n. 4 (date V). 



JJeilephila libornica (!), Weiler, Pnujr. Oberrcalscli. luushr. p. 15 (1880). 



J)ihphila lirornica, Hampson, in Blanf., Jujuua Jirit. Jud., M<dhs i. p. 97. n. 153. fig. 55 (J') (1892). 



Dcilephila Hneata var. lirornica, Staudinger & Rebel, Cat. Lejt. ed. iii. p. KXi. n. 752. a (1901). 



c? ¥. Mesothomcical tegiila witlmut white middle strijie. First two liiaek sidc- 

 patclies of abdoineu large, the foUowiug represented by small dots ; black dorsal 

 dots aecomi>anied laterally by white spots ; no white sjiots at the base of segments 

 4 to in frout of the blaek dots, but fringe again white beneath the black side- 

 sjiots ; edges of sternites also obviously white; the abdomen thus appearing miieh 

 more chequered than in Uneatu Hneata. Antenna scaled brown, except at end. Indian 

 and Chinese s})ecimeus are on the whole darker thau African and Central Asiatic ones. 



Uab. Africa, northward to Southern Europe, occasionally wandering to Central 

 Europe, South Sweden, eastwards reaching into China and South India. 



In the Tring Museum 4 larvae, 4ii-odd wpeciniens fnmi : China: Calcutta: 

 Persia ; Afghanistan ; Transcaucasia ; Natal ; Morocco : Algiers ; various places 

 in Europe. 



