ME. A. G. BUTLBE ON THE SPHINGID^. 



Genus 15. Deilephila, Ochsenheimer. 

 Deilephila, Ochsenheimer, Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 42 (1816). 



1. Deilephila livoenica. 



Sphinx livornica, Esper, Ausl. Schmett. ii. pp. 87, 196, pi. 8. fig. 4 (1785) . 

 Phryxus livornica, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 137 (1816). 

 Deilephila livornica, Stephens, Cat. Brit. Lep. Brit. Mus. pt. i. p. 28 (1850). 

 Sphinx koechlini, Fuessly, Arch. Insectengesch. t. 33. figs. 1-6 (1781). 



South France, Turkey (io/ifMs) ; Ij^sluAoox {Hearsay) ; North India ((S'ffyews). B.M. 



The larva of this species has been carefully described by Bignell, Farn, Hobbs, and 

 HeUins (1870). 



2. Deilephila lineata. 



Sphinx lineata, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. p. 541 (1775). 

 Deilephila lineata, Harris, Cat. N.A. Sph., Sill. Journ. p. 304 (1839). 

 Sphinx daucus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. p. 41, pi. 125. fig. D (1779). 

 Deilephila daucus, Stephen, 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. i. p. 126 (1828). 



New York {Milne) ; Nova Scotia, Canada West {Bush) ; California, Oaxaca {Hartweg) ; 

 YLbxH {Tweedie) ; St. Th.ovaa.s {Hornbeck) ; New Granada, Jamaica (i2efZ?«a/t). B.M. 



Larva figured Am. Ent. ii. pp. 257, 258 (1870). 



3. Deilephila bigutt.\ta. 



Deilephila biguttata. Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 172. no. 15 (1856). 



Madagascar {Stevens). 'i'ype, B.M. 



4. Deilephila opheltes. 



Sphinx opheltes, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. p. 164, pi. 285. fig. B (1782). 

 Hyles opheltes, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 137. no. 1471 (1816). 

 Deilephila opheltes, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 173. no. 17 (1856). 



Cape. 



5. Deilephila spiJfiFASciA. 



Deilephila spinifascia, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 81 (1871). 



Buenos Ayres {Burmeister) ; Patagonia {Cunningham). J^'ype, B.M. 



I believe that this species also occurs in Chili. 



