( 28a ) 



Hab. N.W. India and (?) Sildiim. 



In the Tiing Slnseum 2 ¥ ?, one from Raudakheit ; and a S labelled Sikhim, 

 July 1S93 (J. H. Pilclier). 



As Col. Pilcher has been collecting also in N.W. India, it is ((nite possible that 

 the person who reset his s])eeimens (before they came to tlie Tring Mnsonm) has 

 clianged some of the locality laliels. 



239. Marumba quercus. 



Ernst & Engr., Pup. Eur. iii. p. 117. lL'5. t. 12(1. f. li;.5a— f. t. 1-22. f. 165. g (1782). 



Sphiii.r querms Denis ct Sctiift'ei-miiller, Vfi". Sclim. W'ien p. 41. n. 2. p. 244. t. l.a. f. 1. a {I.), b (/)). 



t. l.b. f. 1 (?) (177G) ; Amst., in Fuessly, .lA/rjr. Knt. i. p. 10,5 (1778); Esp., Em: Sclim. 



ii. p. 104. t. 19. * Siippl. i. p. 97. t. 21",. f. 1 (1779-82) ; Fabr., Spa: Im. ii. p. 140. n. 3 (1781) ; 



Lang, l>;;. Aiigxli. p. 05. n. 5.^8 (1782) : Fabr.. MniiL Ins. ii. p. 92. n. ?, (1787) ; Vill., Liim. 



Etil. ii. p. 87. t. 4. f. 15 (1789) ; Borkh., Em: Sr/im. ii. p. 108. 151. 18:^. n. .^ (17H9) ; Gmel., 



Si/sl. Nal. i. 5. p. 2372. n. 48 (1790) ; Schwtirz, Runpenhild. p. 203. 303. 508 (1791) ; Fabr., 



Ent. Si/kI. iii. 1. p. 350. n. 3 (1793) ; Schrank, Eamia Boiai ii. p. 221. n. 1381 (1801); Buchst. 



& Scharf., Fnv^tinm-I. ii. p. 335. n. 2 (1805) ; Hiibn.. Eiir. Sriini. ii. p. 99. n. 3. t. 15. f. 71 (?) 



(1805—) ; id., G'<w7(, Sdim. ii. Sph. iii. t. D. b. f. 1. a. b (1800-18) ; Ocbs., Em: Schm. ii. p. 255. 



n. 4 (1808) (Wien ; Baiern ; Ungurn) ; Nag., nul/sb. Srhm. p. 145 (1818). 

 Siiierhithus rpierais, Latreille, rii.-<t. Nal. Crust. Ins. iii. p. 401 (1802) ; God., Up. France iii. p. 181. 



t. 17. f. 3 (1821); Boisd., Iml. ilelk. p. 34 (1829) (Hung.; Gall. mer. ; v.); Cant., in 



Silberm., Rer. Enl. i. p. 77 (1833) (Dep. du Var, v. vi.) ; Friv., Uiiil. ii. p. 181 (1834) (Hnng.) ; 



Luc, IJ-p. Eur. p. 119. t. 48 (18.34) ; Ramb., Fauna Anilal. p. 329 (1842) (M.al.aga) ; Eversm., 



Fauna Volgn-I'ral. p. 115 (1844) (S.arepta) ; Herr.-Sch., Eur. Srhm. ii. p. 91 (1845) ; Walk., 



LislLep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 244. n. 4 (18.'.0) ; Me'ne'tr., Enum. Carp. Anim. Mus. Pe/r.. Lfp. 



p. 94. n. 1504 (1857) (Gall. ; Russ. mer.) ; Wilde, Raupen ii. p. 87. t. 4. f. 70 (180(1) ; Stand. 



& Wocke, Cat. Ltp. p. 10. n. 24 (1801) ; id., /.<■. ed. ii. p. 37. n. 482 (1871) ; Mann, Wh'u. Enl. 



Man. vii. p. 22 (180.S) (Varna, Bulg.) ; Led., Ann. Sar. Ent. Bclg. xiii. p. 28 (1870) (Caucasus); 



Boisd., .V''- Gen. Lep. Hel. i. p. 18. n. 2 (1875) : Staud., liar. Sac. Ent. linss. xiv. p. 300 



(1878) (Asia min.) ; Rom., .l/«)i. Lep. i. p. 71 (1884) (Borjoum ; Eldar ; rare); Min.a-Pal. 



& Failla-Ted., Xal. Sicil. vii. p. 42 (1889) ; Hofm., liaup. Gra.mcl,,n. p. ,30. t. 8. f. 5 (1893) ; 



id., Gros.-<schni.. p. 31. t. 18. f. 4 (1894) ; B.artel, in Riihl, Grosssclim. ii. p. 163 (1900) ; Staud. 



& Reb., Cat. Leii.ed. iii. p. 98. n. 718 (1901) (Bavaria to S. Europe, eastw. to Mesopot. & 



Armen.) ; Aign., Zeilsrlir. Ent. vi. p. 1,37 (1901) (rearing). 

 Laalhai- ipiercus. Fabrieius, in lUig., J/"7. Enl. vi. p. 287 (1807) ; Kirby, Cat. Lui. 11,1. i. p. 7(19. 



D. 1 (1892). 

 Polyptychus (pifrcuK, Hiibner, Verz. lick. Scliui. p. 141. n. 1518 (1822), 

 Sphynx (!) quercus, Vogel, ,S',/„«. Cah. vii. p. 10. t. 8. f. 3. a. b. (1825), 

 Merinthus quercus, Meigen, Ilandh. Sclim. p. 100. n. 7. t. 9. f. 8 (1827) ; id., Si/sl. Besdir. Sclrm. ii, 



p. 150. n. 4. t. 78. f. 6 (1830). 

 .]fimas quercus, Butler, Trans. Zaal. Sac. Lonil. ix, p. 583. n. 1 (1877). 

 Sichia quercus, Tutt, Brit. Lep. iii. p. 380 (1902). 



cJJ.Toiigne without ciliae (PI, LXl. f. li)); jiilifer with the brush of 

 bristles akoent, or represented only by a few hairs ; epistome vestigial. Palpus 

 small in both se.xes. Antenna of S more tlian one-tliird tlie length of the forewing, 

 resembling that oi' .s/ie/rZ/hi.';, in ? cylindrical, not grooved, seriated ciliae very siiort. 

 Ground-colour somewhat variable, being occasionally more or less oehraceous, 



S. Tenth tergite (PI. XXVI. f. 7) not quite so broad as in sperchiiis, but 

 broader than in dyras, the sinus very deep, the lobes pointed ; sternite triangular, 

 pointed, curved dorsad. Dorso-apical lobe of clasper not j)rodnced in a dagger-like 

 process ; harjie short, irregularly notched ; ])rocesses above penis-sheath not so 

 obviously granulose as in the other species (PI. XXXIV. f. 14, dorsal view of 

 claspers and j)enis-sheath). 



?. Ridge in front of vaginal orifice incrassate, broadly rounded, slightly 

 trisinuate, the latend sinus continued proxiiinul by a forked groove (PI. XVIII. 



