( 71(i ) 



number ami tlu-ii partly prolonged. A goograpliically ami indiviilnally varialile 

 insect. Apex of antenna see PI. LX. f. 12. 



cj. Harpe ratber long, tbin, slightly curved (PI. LII. f. 8). The incrassate 

 dentate rim of the penis-sheath (PI. LVI. f. 06) narrow, generally dentate all 

 along the edge. 



Larva variable geographically and individnally : head red, with or without a 

 black patch on each side above ; pronotal shield generally red in middle, a red 

 dorsal line, sometimes replaced by a grey one, seldom vestigial ; a row of dorso- 

 lateral ronnded spots, yellowish white or reddish, below it there is often another 

 series of smaller spots ; a dorso- and a veiitro-lateral yellowish baud, often absent; 

 gronnd-colonr very variable, from yellow to black, the dark forms mostly iinely 

 dotted with pale yellow or grey. — Food-plant : Euphorbia. 



Pupa rather stent, clay-colonr. 



Hub. Palaearctic Region, from the Canaries eastwards to Transbaikalia, south- 

 ward to N.W. India. 



The caterpillar is a very interesting subject for the stndy of the evolntion 

 of pattern. A long series of each brood from the various countries should be 

 compared. The absence of the second lateral row of sjnits from some geographical 

 forms is a curious feature. 



'(. G. eupkorbiae dahli. 



Sphinx (hihia Geyer, in Hiibn., Sainml. Eur. Schm., Sphing. t. 36. f. 161-li;4 (1827) ; Frey., Brilr. 

 Hrhm. ii. p. 71. t. (!!). f. 2 (1829) ; Meig., Syst. Besrhi: Srlim. p. 141. n. 11. t. 6.5. f. [i (1829). 



Dfiljihila (hihlii. Rambur, Ann. Soe. Eiit. France p. 266 (1832) (Corsica) ; Boisd., Ramb. & Grasl., 

 nixl. Ii-on. Clieiiill.. Sjihhf) t. 5. f. 1. 2 (1832) ; Boisd., Icon. Ills/. Up. ii. p. 28. n. 6. t.50. f. 2. H 

 (1834) ; Friv., in Silberra., Rev. Ent. ii. p. 181 (1834) (" Hungary" err. I„ci) ; Treit., in Och.s., 

 Schm. Kur. x. p. 132 (1834) ; Dup., in God.. Lfp. France. Suppl. ii. p. 7. n. 1. t. 1. f. 1 (1835) ; 

 Pierr.. Bnll. S„c. Ent. France p. 38 (1842) ; id., I.e. p. 64 (1842) (larva) ; id., I.e. p. 72 (1847) 

 (v.ir.) ; Walk., Lut Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 169. n. H (I,Su6) (pai-tim) ; Mab., Ann. S,u: Ent. 

 France p. 556 (1866) (Corsica) ; Boisd. Spec. Gen. Lep. Jlcl. i. p. 165. n. 8 (1875) ; Batl., 

 Tran.t. Zool. Sac. Lnml ix. p. 569. n. 11 (1877) ; Weism., ed. Meld., Sttal. Thenr. Desc. i. p. 208 

 (1882) (hrva) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. 1. p. 665. n. It (1892) ; Hofm., Grosssehm. p..30. n. 7. 1. 17. 

 f. 7 (1894) ; Bartel, in Riihl, Grnx^sdnn. ii p. 96 (1899) ; Stand. & Reb., Cat. Lep. ed. iii. 

 p. 102. n. 748 (1901). 



Deilephila daHiii (!), Hofmann. Jianp. Grossschm. p. 29. t. 13. f. 3 (1893). 



6 ¥ . Abdomen with three black side-spots, instead of two, having an additional 

 one on the fourth segment. Me.sothoracical tegnla with white upjier border. Disc 

 of forewing generally with a line from the costal patch backwards. 



Larva with two rows of rather small lateral spots, densely and very minutely 

 dotted with grey, dorso-lateral spot of eleventh segment long. Spines of first 

 protarsal segment not obviously prolonged. 



ffab. Corsica and Sardinia. 



In the Tring Museum 2 larvae, IT c?cJ, H ? ? from (Corsica and Sardinia. 



b. ('. euphorbiae tithymali. 

 Ihilephihi lilhijniali Boisduval, Icon. IIUI. Lep. ii. p. .30. n. 7. t. 51. f. 1 (1834) (" Andalusia " ex err 1 

 Canary Is.) ; Dup., in Go.l., Lip. France, Snppl. ii. p. 117. t. 10. f. 1. a. b. (18,35) ; Herr.-Scb., 

 Schm. Eur. ii. p. 87. n. 16. t. 1. f. 1. 2 (1843) (Canary Is, ; "Andalusia" err. loci) ; Walk., 

 Lid Lep. Ins. B. U. viii. p. 168. n. 5 (1856) ; Boisd., Sjiee. Gin. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 167. n. 9 (1875) 

 (partial) ; Bull., 7Vi(«s. Zool. Soc. Lonil. ix. p. 570. n. 12 (1877) ; Christ, .Mitth. Schwei:. Ent. 

 (les. vi. ]). :)46 (1882) ; id., I.e. viii. p. 100 (1880) ; Kirby, C'"«. I.ep. Ilet. i. p. 660. n. 15(1«92)1 

 Reb. & Rog., Ann. lIofmn.i. ix. p. 43 (1894) ; White, «"«. .Uolh« Teneriffe p. Cl.t.i. f. 4(1894); 

 Bartel, in Riihl, Grosxschm. ii. ]). 93 (1K99) : Stand. i<- Reb., (.'at. Lep. ed. iii. p. lOi', n. 74G 

 (1901). 



