( 317 ) 



(PI. XXIX. f. 47, drawn from tliu o|i|)o.sitt' side as figs. 42 — 44 to sliow tooth and 

 patclies of sjiiues) arilie<l with a sharp subapical tooth which points soiuewliat 

 jiro.xiiuad ; besides this tooth there are two patches of sliort acute spines, one on 

 the sheath, the other on the membrane of the duct ; penis-funnel (p-f) carinate 

 ventrally as in cerixyi, with the sides sinuate. 



? . Vaginal plate short, orifice very large, its proximal edge slightly elevate 

 and incrassate, sinuate ; no sjiecial armature. 



Larva similar to tliat of or-ellata, not described. — Food-plant : Salix. 



Ilnh. Transbaikalia to Askold and N. China. 



In the Triug Museum ~ i S , 1 ? ? from the Amur Region. 



~7(i. Sphinx ocellata. 



Sphiiu- iicelltilti Liiine, Sysl. .V»^ ed. x. p. 4Ht). n. 1 (175X). 



Sphinx seniijiavo Retzius, (ren. his. p. .S5. n. H3 (178'i). 



Sphinx suHcis Hiibner, Siiiiind. Em: Si'luii., Sjihiii;/. t. 15. f. 73 (1805 — ). 



cJ ? . Anterior tiliia ending in a thorn. 



(?. Tenth abdominal tergite triangular (PI. XXII. f. 14), extreme end curved 

 downwards, obtusely rounded, not pointed ; sternite with a triangular lobe, which is 

 feebly curved upwards, with the underside convex and the sides dilated in basal 

 third, apex blunt. Clasper irregularly sole-shaped, broadly rounded at end ; harpe 

 (PI. XXXIV. f. 25) longitudinal, elongate, simple, the edges slightly elevate, the 

 surface more or less concave, apex narrowed, tlie u[)per edge shaliowly emarginate. 

 Penis-sheath (Pi. XXIX. f. 41) armed at end with a lieavy conical tooth projecting 

 laterad ; the membrane of the duct bears a patch of curved spines, whicii are often 

 concealed. 



? . Vaginal i)late not strongly chitinised, much wrinkled, but fairly constant ; 

 the orifice preceded by a transverse ridge, forming the lower or anterior lip of the 

 cavity, this ridge mesially indented. 



The harpe of the hybrids ocellata x poptdi is often sinuate ventrally before the 

 apex ; this sinus corresponds to the deep apical sinus of popKli, dividing the harjie 

 of this species into two lobes ; the narrowed aj)ical portion of the oixilata-\\&x\tn is, 

 therefore, homologous to the npper lobe of the harpe of popidi. 



Larva somewhat variable, occasionally with red side patches ; bluish green, 

 granules white ; seven white or yellowish side-bands, horn blue at base, or entirely 

 grey-blue. -Food-plants : Salix, Foptdus, Pirns, I'niniis, rarely other trees. 



Pnpa somewhat glossy, rugose, not distinctly granulated ; cremaster broad 

 basally, rough ; laterally with pointed tubercles. 



One brooil, seldom two. 



llalj. Palaearctic Region as far east as Western Siberia and Asia Minor ; not 

 found in Greece. 



Two subspecies : 



a. Sph. ocellata ocellata. 



lloufn., Archft. ii. t. 5 (1692) ; id., Dii: Inx. t. 10 (1G30) ; Moufet, Thealr. Im. p. tH. f. 3 (lli34) ; 

 MiTian, Km: Iii«. ii. t. ?>" (1083) ; Rajus, Hist. /im. p. 148. n. 2. p. 149. d. 3 (1710) ; Albin, 

 Nut. J/iil. Emjl. Jn>i. t. 8 (1720) ; Roes., Jux. BrlnM. i. cl. 1. Pup. Nort. p. 1. t. 1. f. 3. 4 (1740) ; 

 Wilke, JCmjI. Midhx. cl. 1. s. ii. p. 1(1. t. 5 (1747) ; Uddm., Dins. p. 58. taf. (1753) ; Hemmericli, 

 Cull. Cur. JiiH. t. 7. f. b (n.'i ) ; Geoffr., Hial. Jus. ii. p. 79. n. 1 (17(;2) ; Goed., Melam. i. 

 p. 05. t. 24. & iii. p. 25. t. (l(;«2-69) ; Gronov., JCoajih/jl. p. 201. n. 810 (1704) ; Seba, Thesaur. 

 iv. t. 59. f. 4. 5. (i (1705) ; Sohaoir., fmii. t. 99. f. 5. (1700) ; Harris, Aiirelian t. 0. fig. g. h. i. 



