252 SPHECODINA; PROSERPIJTUS; MACROGLOSSUM. By Dr. K. Jordan. 



of cell less pointed than in Gurelca, in some species the 2 median branches thro\rn off close together. — Larva 

 anteriorlv hardly at all tapering. — So far 2 Palearctic, 1 Indo-Malayau and 3 Ethiopian species are known, 

 which are all very small. 



i/ori/oi). S. gorgon Esp. (= gorgoniades Hbn.) (40 g). Body and wings grey; abdomen with 3 white dots 



on eacli side: hindwing brownish. Antemaa of o with short teeth. Larva white or greenish, with 6 pale longi- 

 tudinal stripes partly edged with red. On Galium. The moths from i\Iay until July and again the end of July 

 and in August. — Southern Russia to the Altai and southward to the Cilician Taurus. 

 kuldjacmix. S. kuldjaensis Graes. (40 g). Larger; hindwing orange-yellow with darker distal margin. Harpe of 



cJ obviously different from that of gorgon. — Kuldja, Tian-shan and neighbouring districts. 



34. Gpnus : Kpliooodiiia Blanch. 



Antennae setiform in both sexes, not club-shaj)ed. end-segment short. Eye-lashes strongly developed. 

 Abdomen broad, flattened, with lateral tufts of scales, at the apex in q a tripartite fan. in V a simple 

 conical tuft; the spines of the abdomen above and beneath strong, even the basal sternite bearing some weak 

 spines. Mid tarsus without basal comb. — Larva cylindrical, when young with horn, which is replaced later 

 on by a polished button. Pupa strongly rounded anteriorly, the tongue-case not cariniform. — 2"Jspecies, 

 one occurring in the Atlantic district of North America, the other in the Pacific district of the Palearctic 

 Region. 

 caudatti. S. caudata Brem. d- Grey (39 e). Forewing without teeth, the margin moderately incurved in front 



and behind. Body and forewing dark broAvai with black markings, hindwing yellow with blackish distal marginal 

 band, which is widest at the anal angle. — Larva blackish, on each side two rows of large pale reddish brown 

 patches, niarkings on the upperside of the thorax and the upper surface of the last two segments of the same 

 colour. On Vitis. — Amurland and North and East China. During the last years bread in some numbers in 

 Shantung by the missionary L. Klapheck. 



35. Genus: I*roj*er|>iiiiis ^ftw. 



Antennae club-shaped in (^ and 9, abniptly narrowed to an apical hook, end-segment at least three 

 times as long as broad. Eyes with strong lashes. The .spines of the abdomen feebly chitinised; the anal tuft 

 truncate, at the sides of the abdomen short tufts of scales. Tibiae spinose, fore tibia with apical thorn and a 

 lateral row of long spines. Mid tarsus without basal comb. Inner and outer tibial spurs different in length. — 

 Larva with a pale subdorsal stripe and lateral oblique bands, the latter directed from above anteriorly to below 

 posteriorly, not as in Sphinx ligustri from below anteriorly to above posteriorly. The same direction of the 

 oblique bands is met with in Pholus. Head minutely hairy, small; horn short or in the later stages replaced 

 by a polished button. Pupa slender and glossy, with 2 frontal tubercles; tongue-case not cariniform; meso- 

 notum with an interrupted transverse carina; cremaster long and thin, terminating in two points. The larva 

 wanders about long distances before pupating. In breeding the species the larva must be kept in a cool place 

 when in this stage, the propensity of wandering being thereby abated, and the pupa has to be kept dry.— One 

 European and 4 North American species. 



P. proserpina. Pale green; forewing with irregular distal margin and a dark green median band, which 



encloses a light-edged dark green di.scocellular bar. Hindwing yellow with black distal marginal band. The 



small egg green. The young larva dull green with pale longitudinal lines; later on usually brown with black 



markings; the horn replaced by a black-centred brownish yellow disc; June to August, on Epilobium, Lythrum, 



and Oenothera, when young rests on the upperside of the leaves and later keeps well concealed. Found from 



Central Germany to Buchara and southward to Portugal and the Mediterranean; not yet known from North 



pmwrpuia. Africa. — proserpina Pallas (= oenotherae Schiff., schiffermilleri FnessL, oenotheroides Btitl.) (40 g). The 



amnuala. European form, which is known as occurring as far east as the Caucasus. In ab. attenuata SchuUz the median 



grisea. band of the forewing is only half as broad as in normal specimens; in ab. grisea Rebel the forewing is grey in- 



iirunnea. stead of green; and in ab. brunnea Geesf it is pale leather-colour with a reddish ochreous median band. — ja- 



inpetu.i. petus Gr.-Grsh. Larger, sligiitly paler, the distal marginal band of the hindwing beneath narrower. Buchara; 



Ferghana. Probably not constantly different; I have only seen one $. 



36. Genus : MaerogioKsuiii Scop. 



Tongue longer than in the previous genera. Eye with distinct pendant lashes. Palpi broad, the pointed 

 tip porrect, terminal surface triangular. Head broad, without distinct tuft. Antennae club-shaped in ^ and $, 

 abru])tly tapering to a short hook, end-segment slender, long and almost filiform in some species, shorter in 

 others. Thorax and abdomen broad, flattened, the abdomen in ^ and $ with lateral tufts and moveable fan- 

 tail; the spines of the abdomen as in Haemorrhngia very strongly chitinised, placed in several rows, tho.se of 

 the first row rounded and broader than long, with the exception of the proximal segment; sternite 7 is not as 



