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Hah. Neavctic' Region, fWnii danada to Colorado and Georgia, extending in 

 the northern district westward to Vancouver, Oregon, and Northern (California. 



In the Tring Mnseum larvae, 5U-odd sjiecimens from varions parts of Canada 

 and the United States. 



(uQ. Celerio biguttata. 



*ne;iei>h'>l,i h;<ititlata Walker, £;.s/ Lep. Iiix. 11. .V. viii. p. 172. n. 15 (185G) (Madag. ;— Mus. 

 Brit.) ; Guen., in Vins., Vm/. .Ua'laij. p. 30. (IHllfj) ; Boisd., Sjiec. Gen. Lip. Hit. i. p. Ifill 

 n. i (1875) ; Butl., Trans. Zool. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 5G8 n. 3 (1877) ; id., Ckt. Ent. ii. p. 393 

 (1879) (Antananarivo) ; Mab., Ami. Soc. Ent. France p. 296 (1879) (Madag.) ; Saalm., Lep. 

 Mad. p. lL'3 n. 203 (1884) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. G64 n. 3 (1892). 



Deihjiltfla eleaijni Boi.sduvaI. l.r. 



*llidijihila, euphurhididm Swinhoe. Cat. Leji. Ilel. Miis. ().t. i. p. 22 n. 8 (1892) (" Japan " err. loci ; — 

 Mus. O-xford) ; Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. Land. p. 285 n. 59 (1898) (" not seen"). 



c??. Pulvillns present. Spines of first protarsal segment not obviously 

 prolonged. Upper edge of mesothoracic tegnla not white. Abdomen with two 

 large black lateral spots. Upperside of body dark olive-brown, underside somewhat 

 jialer ; underside of wing.s cinnamon-brown, much speckled with deep brown, disc 



somewhat reddish. Forewing above with a pale line from apex to basal third of 



hinder margin, area outside this line darker brown than the area between the line 

 and costal margin ; a brown postcostal patch beyond ape.K of cell more or less 

 distinct generally followed by a narrower patch at fork ; hinder edge of wing 

 consi)icuously white. 



(J. Friction-scales large, and less numerous than in euphorhiae, Uiirata, etc. ; 

 liarpc of the ('ifjj/ior/jiui'-tyiie, process stouter and shorter, much stronger curved. 



Early stages not known. 



/la/j. Madagascar. 



In tlie Tring Museum 9 cJcJ, 9 ? ?. 



677. Celerio euphorbiarum. 



Sj)hin:r rnphnrbiarnin fUit^r'in & Perch., Gen. Inn. t. 3. f. 1 (1835). 



iJedipliila vclnii Boisduval, .S/«c. Gen. Lep. llet. i. p. 170. n. 13 (1875) (Buenos Ayres ; Uruguay ; 



Chili). 

 *Dfdej,hda sphi^/asria Butler. Pme. Zmd. Roe. Lnnd. ]>. Kl (1871) (Buenos Ayres ; Patagonia;— 



Mus. Brit.) ; id., Trans. Z.,„l. ,Soo. Land. ix. p. 568. n. 5 (1877). 

 DeiJephda eiiphorlnarnin, Berg, Bull. Mosr,oii p. 206. n. 17 (1875) (Patagonia ; descr. n£ larva); 



id., Art. Ar. Nar. i. p. 83. n. 17 (1876) ; Butler, /.<■. p. 630. 0.38 (1877) (= spinl/awla celen:,) ; 



Burm., Dem: Hep. Argent, v. p. 337. n. 1 (1878); id., /.'■. Allax p. 38. t. 16. f. 1—3. 5—8 



(/., p.. i) (1879); Bartl.-Calv., Cat. l.ep. Chile p. 12. n. 91 (1881)) (■=«;,;,/;/;;,-<■/■„ =<-e/(;//-) ; 



Kirhy, Cat. Lip. llet. i. p. i;(i5. n. 3 (1892) (B. Ayres ; I'atagonia ; Chili). 



i ? . Pulvillns jiresent. ( Inter sjiines of first protarsal segment st.int and h)ng. 

 IJody as in animi, the fourth and iifrh black abdoiriinal spots often absent or 

 vestigial. IJrown costal area of forewing sliarjily delined, incised at the veins. 

 Red area of hindwing variable in width. llindsving below with (w.. black 

 patches before abdominal edge, one? at base, the other ut anal angli'. 



i. Se.Mial armature of the same ty])e as in ciipliorhiar, (jalUi, etc.; tl]) ol 

 harpe lens acute. 



Larva varying from greyish green to black ; a pale dorsal line, aiisent or 

 vestigial in the dark forms ; a series of bim'k, round, dorso-laterul s|iols .•ncircled liy 

 11 pale yellow rinu;. l''ood-planls : Minihiiif JuIxijiki ; Ci'Klnini : I'Ic. 



