( 113 ) 



p. 20fi (1880) (scent-organ) ; Auriv., Knmjl S'o. V,l. Ah: Ilnndl. xix. v. p. 180. n. Ifif). (1882) 

 (revision) ; Rom., Mem. Le/i. i. p. (i'J (1884) (Borjom ; Tiflis ; Derbent) ; L;inipii, Ent. Tiihkr. 

 vi. p. 26. n. Ill (1885) ; Pouj., Dull. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 16.5 (1885) (e'clos.) ; Poult, Trans. Eiii. 

 Sac. Loml. p. 281 (188.5) (postembr. devel.) ; id., 1.,: p. 1,37 (1886) (devel. of col.) ; Amel., 

 Deri. Ent. Zeitsriir. xxxi. p. 201 (1887) (Dessau) ; Mina-P:il. & Failla-Ted., Nat. Sic. vii. p. 41 

 (1889) (if occurr. ?) ; Kirby, Cat. Leji. IIcl. i. p. 092. n. 23 (1892); Bartt., Lep. Br',1. hl.ii. 

 p. 31. n. 3. t. 47. f. 1. a c (1893) ; Hofm., linii/i. Grn«Hschm. p. vii. f. 2 (embr.). p. 28. t. 7. f. 2 

 (189.3) ; id., Gmssxelim. p. 29. t. 10. f. 22 (1894) ; P6tz., Iris x. p. 160 (1897) (Sprottau, pale 

 hindwg.); Vos, Tijihr/u: Enl. xli. p. 79 (1898) (Apeldoorn) ; Bartel, in Riihl, llms^srhm. ii. 

 p. 43 (1899) ; Slaud. & Reb., Cut. Lep. ed. iii. p. 100. n. 734 (1901). 



SjtJiiii.r spirueae Espcr, Enr. Srlim. ii. Suppl. p. 21. n. 72. t. 42. f. I (1806). 



Ifrr.se lign.ilri, Oken, L'lirb. Natiirq. iii. 1. p. 762. n. 2 (181.5) {=spiraeae). 



Sj,lii/nj- liijustri, Vogel, Srhm. Gilin. i. p. 23. t. 5. f. 3 (1821). 



Sphin.r ligustre (!), Lalunne, Man. Ent. p. 116. n. 5 (d;iteV). 



Hah. Europe eastwards to Asia Minor anil C'eiitral Asia. 



In tlie Trinj;' Museum a nniulier of larvae and jinpae and a long series of 

 imagiues from various localities. 



Noll, I.C., says that lir/i/stri was very common at flowers between 8 and '.• ji.m. 

 at Teneriffe. Was it really ligustri and not llerse conrolculi .' 



113. Hyloicus doUi (PI. XIII. f. 11, S). 



Sphin.t (Hjiluiens) tlulli Neumoegen, Pup.ln, i. p. 149 (1881 ) (Prescott, Ariz.). 



Si,hin.r (Ini'li, Grote, A'. vn Clirck List p. 11 (1882). 



Jii/loifus duUi, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 694. d. 10 (1892). 



cJ ? . Antenna longer than in the allies of rlirrsi!^ and di-apij'craram, half the 

 length of the forewing. Tongue rather weak. Palpus not prominent. Spines 

 of forelegs comparatively as stout as in ckersis and longer, apical spine of segment 1 

 about as long as segment 3 ; spurs of mid- and liindtibia very short, not or little 

 longer than the tibia is broad; first segment of hindtarsus much shorter than tibiii, 

 also shorter than the four other segments together. Cross-veins of hindwing often 

 straight. Paronychinm reduced, without lobes ; claws long and slender. Comb of 

 midtarsus with one or two prolonged bristles. 



i. Tenth abdominal tei-gite long, slender, compressed, gently curved, jmiuted, 

 Bubsnlcate beneath ; sternite with a broad, slightly curved, flat, mesial lobe which 

 somewhat narrows towards the sinuate ajjex. Clasper strongly rounded, dilated 

 dorsally in middle, thence narrowed to ape.x (PI. XXXVIII. f. 9) ; harpe with a 

 single, broad, somewhat spatulate, concave process, dentate at the edge, U])per 

 margin continuous with the subdorsal fold of the clasper and, like the fold, clothed 

 with very long bristles. Penis-sheath curved and somewhat twisted (PI. XXVIII. 

 f. 54), ending in a broad, pointed process. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilah. Ari/.dua ; Colorado ; Utah. 



Two subspecies : 



a. 11. doin coloi-fKhiii (PI. XIII. f. 11, i). 



SjihiiLi: ciloradns Smith, Ent. .liicr. iii. p. 153 (1887) (Colorado); Edw., i/iirl. p. 223 (18HS) ; 

 Sniitli, Tran.i. .Imrr. Ent. Soc. xv. p. 189 (1888) ; Neum , Ent. .\eirs iv. p. 134 ( 1891) (local 

 form of ilntii). 



S. Forewing above with black siiliinarginal lino R- — M-. 

 f/a/j. ( Vjlorado ; Utah. 



In the Tring Museum !l<Jc? from: Utah; Colorado: (Jlenwood Springs, 

 Coldcn, (iarlield county. 



