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protarsal segment i'ew in uumlaT and large, agreeing best with those of the 

 following form. 



Ilab. Bnlgbar Dagh, ( 'ilicia, June. 



lu the Tring Museum 1 c?, 1 ? received from Herr M. Holtz. 



g. C, euphorbiae centrulasiae. 



Dcilephilu ciijihoi-biae, Bienert, Lep. Erg. Raise Persieii p. 32 (1869) (Teheran, v. ; this form ?) ; 



Christ., in Eom., Jfeiii. Lej>. iii. p. .54 (1«87) (Askhabad, 1 J , pale). 

 Dcilcphihi- eii/iliiirliiiu- var. feidnihis'me Staudinger, ><lett. Knt. Zeil. .\lviii. p. 64 (1887) (Samarkand ; 



Namangan) ; Grum-Grsch., in Rom., Mem. Lrp. iv. p. 511. n. 204 (1890) (Osch, v., common) ; 



Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilel. i. p. 666. n. 17. d (1892) ; Battel, in Riihl, Gnoisnehin. ii. p. 89 (1899). 



c??. Very ])al('. Abdominal sternites without distinct pale borders. ^Vhite 

 ujijicr border of mesothoracic tegula generally vestigial, sometimes distinct. 

 iSubmarginal band of liiudwing less Llack than in the other subspecies. Distal 

 marginal area of forewing rather darker than the disc, therefore the olivaceous band 

 not very sharply deHned distally. Outer spines of first i)rotarsiil segment long and 

 few in number, the segment shorter than in the other subspecies. iSometimes the 

 body and wings rosy red. 



Larva with one row of lateral spots. 



Ilalj. Transcasjiia. 



In the Tring Museum 1 larva, 3 J (J, -1 ¥ ? from : Askhabad ; Achal Tekke ; 

 I'rov. Kuliab, Afghauistan. 



h. C. eaphorbiae robertsi. 



Diihp/iihi. eiqihiirhhie, Bienert, Lep. Erg. Reine Pcrskii p. .^"2 (1869). 



(!) Deilephihi. spec., Christoph, Uor. Stic. Eid. Husk. x. p. 31 (1873) (Shahrud). 



UcileiiJiHa roherhi Butler, Pruc. Zno!. Sue. Lund. p. 411. n. 25. t. 39. f. 9. 10 (/.. /,.) (18SII) (Kandahar, 



larva common on Eiijiliurb/ii-) ; Swinh., Trans. Ent. Soc. Luml. p. 346 n. 1. (1885) (Kandahar, 



vii., common) ; Cot. X- Swinh., Cn.l. Moths Lid. i. p. 21. n. Ill (1887). 

 IXdephUii, doldii, Hampson, in Blanf., Fauna Ihil. hid., Moths i. p. 99. n. 156 (1892) (Kandahar ; 



Simla). 

 Dedephila jieplides Christoph, A'«/. Naehr. xx. p. 333 (1894). 

 IJcilf/ihiln eiiphorhiiie \s,r. jieplidis, Bartel, in Riihl, Grossschm. ii. p. 88 (1899). 

 Ueilrphila etqilioili'iae var. inberlsi, Staudinger & Rebel, Cat. Lep. ed. iii. p. 102. d. 749. d (1901). 



<? ? . A dark form, occurring in the same countries as centralasiae but probably 

 in otiier stations. First protarsal segment with more and shorter external sjiines 

 than in centralaniaf. Further observations are necessary to show the true geo- 

 graphical relation of pi'plidi.'i and centralasiae. They are not seasonal forms 

 judging from the data given by the collectors. 



Under surface of wings much s])eckled with brown, reminding one of lUlnjiimli. 



Larva with a double series of lateral spots. 



Hal). Transeasi)ia southward to Kandahar, Afgiianislan. 



In till' Tring Museum (i SS, 5 ?? from: Askhabad; Merw, iii. iv. ; (Jr. 

 Italkan, Torcm. 



i. ('. iiiipliorbiae nercoxa subsj). nov. 



6. Mesothoracic tegula with white ujiper edge. Alidomeii : Iwo lilaci; lalcr.d 

 Bpots ; fringe of tergites not white in middle. 



Wings, iiiijifrxide. Forewing: costal an^a clay -colour from base to near ape.\, 



hroa<lly shaded with black behind from base to M-, then sinuate ; in this sinus an 

 indistinct black patch ; the jjatch beyond apex of cell merged together willi coslal 



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