( 730 ) 



Inner edge of brown band of forewing straiglit, at least less bent behind tlian 

 in the forms of euphorbiae ; pale discal area gradually shading off into the darker 

 costal area, no costal patch beyond apex of cell, or this patch ratlicr small, sejiarate 

 from costal margin. Mesothoracic tegnla not fringed white above. 



S ■ Sexnal armature not obviously different from that of rcspertilio. 



Larva without ocelli, there being one large elongate spot at the base of the 

 rather thin horn, the round spots of the other species represented by a pale 

 dorso-lateral line: below stigmata a broad white continuous band. — Food-plant: 

 lUj>poiihai\ 



Pupa slender, as in vespertilio, the head-case slightly broader. 



Ilab. From Spain northward to Baden, eastward to Central Asia. 



Two subspecies : 



a. C. /lippop/iacs /liji/zoji/iars, 



SphhiT Upp'iphdB Esper, I.e. : Hiibn., Samml. Em: Srhm., Spliliir/. p. 97. n. 8. t. 22. f. 109 (180- ?) ; 

 id., Gexi-h. Eiir. Srlnii. ii. Spiling, iii. Lr;/. B. b. c. f . 1. a— c (180- ?) ; God., Lep. France \i\. 

 p. 17.S. t. ITW' (1823) ; Lucas, Lt'jj. Eur. p. 113. t. ii (1834). 



Sjiliiii.r hippiiphaees (!), Oclisenheiiner, Srhm. Eur. ii. p. 221. n. 3 (1808). 



Urilephilu liijipnplwes, id., I.e. iv. p. 43. n. 7, p. 178. D. 7 (181(j) ; Frey., Hei/lr. i. p. G5. ('i6. t. 20 

 (1828) ; Meig., %««. Beschr. Schm. p. 140. n. 10. t. 05. f. 4 (1830) ; 13oi.sd., Ramb. & Grasl., 

 JfiHi. Iron. Ciienill., Sphhip t. 9 (1832) ; Treit., in Ocbs., Sclim. Enr. x. p. 130 (1834) ; Dup., 

 Ir,iH. C/ieiiill. i. te.rte^ t. 4. f. 2. a. b (18:'.2— 42) ; Herr.-Sch., Eur. Srinii. ii. p. 89. n. 22 (1847) ; 

 Walk., L/V Lep. /«.«. B. M. viii. p. lliO. n. 9 (186(5) ("Corsica, Sardiuia" ad C. eiipji. iliihli diet, 

 refer.) ; Luc. Lep. Eur. ed. ii. p. 138. t. 43. f. 1 (18G4) ; Boisd., Sper. Gen. Lip. Ilel. i. p. 159. 

 n. 1 (1875) ; Biitl., Trans. Zuol. Sue. Land. ix. p. 571. n. 21 (1877) ; Kirby, Trans. Enl. Sor. 

 Loud. p. 23(5 (1877) (=amelia) ; Kill., Jalirh. A»i. Ges. Graiib. xxiii. p. 44 (1880) ; Weism., 

 ed. Meld., Stud. Thenr. Dear. i. p. 218. t, G. f. 58, t. 7. f. 59. GO. 61 (1882) (larva) ; Rom., 

 Mr III. Lep. i. p. 70 (1884) (Tiflis ; Derbenfc) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Uet. i. p. GG7. n. 22 (1892) (syn. 

 partim) ; Hofm., Eanp. Gromsclim. p. 28. t. 7. f. 4 (1893) ; id., Grossschin. p. 29. n. 2. t. 17. f. 2 

 (1894) ; Bartel, in Rtihl, ibid. ii. p. GO (1899) ; Staud. & Reb., Cat. Lep. ed. iii. p. 102. n. 743 

 (1901). 



Hylux hippophaes, Hiibner, Verz. heh. Srhm. p. 137. n. 1473 (1822). 



Sphinx ldi)pophaee« (!), Vogel, Srhmett. Cab. x. p. 9. t. 5. f. 1 (1829) (larva). 



Ditephihi hippopliaes, Kirby, in Allen, Nut. Libr., Moths iv. p. ,34. t. 102. f. 3 (1897). 



<? ? . Uppeiside of body and band of forewing blackish olive; underside also 

 much shaded with olive. 



Hab. iSpain to the Caucasus. 



In the Tring Museum 2 larvae, 1 jiupa, 25 specimens from Switzerland. 



AVe have not seen Caucasian examples. 



b. C. hippophars biencrti. 



DeilephiUi hiiipophafs, Bienert, Lep. Erg. Reisc Persieu p. 32 (18G9). 



Deilrjihila spec, Christoph, //or. Sm: Ent. lionx. x. p. 31 (1873) (Shahrud). 



Deileiihila bienerli Staudinger, Stelt. Ent. Ze.it. xxxv. p. 91 (1874) ; Butl., TraiiK. Zoo!. Siir. Loml.ix. 



p. 571. n. 20 (1877) ; Aust., Le Nat. viii. p. 2G0 (18«G) ; Alph., in Rom., Mim. Lfp. v. p. 83. 



n. 21 (1889) (Lob Nor) ; Kirby, Git. Lep. Uet. i. p. GC.7. n. 21 (1892) ; Bartel, in Riihl, 



Groxsxchm. ii. p. U7 (1899). 

 Deilephila in.'<idiii.ia Erschoff, in Fedscb., Bcise Tiirlesl., Lep. p. 25 (1874) ; Kirby, Eid. Mo. Moi/. 



XXV. p. 3i;i (1889) ; Grum-Grsch., in Rom., Mem. Lip. iv. p. 510. n. 202 (1890) (Ferghana ; 



= bienerti). 

 Deilephila hippnphacK var. iiimrr/i, Staudinger & Rebel, Cat. Lep. ed. iii. p. 102. n. 743. a (1901). 



(? ? . Much [laler than the preceding form, clayisli, underside almost cream- 

 colour ; the jiatch beyond end of cell of forewing absent or vestigial. 



A S from Merw in the Tring Museum paler than the other individnais. 



