﻿204 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  T. 
  Baker's 
  notes 
  on 
  

  

  xipliia, 
  again, 
  the 
  ground 
  colour 
  is 
  darker 
  aud 
  richer 
  

   than 
  in 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  insects, 
  and 
  the 
  spots 
  are 
  

   more 
  reduced 
  even 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  Canary 
  form, 
  and 
  are 
  

   also 
  often 
  much 
  obscured. 
  

  

  Out 
  of 
  thirty-five 
  xiphia 
  before 
  me, 
  the 
  average 
  size 
  

   is 
  ^ 
  49, 
  ? 
  58 
  mm. 
  The 
  largest 
  3 
  is 
  50 
  mm., 
  whilst 
  

   my 
  two 
  largest 
  $ 
  measure 
  64 
  mm., 
  and 
  the 
  smallest 
  3 
  is 
  

   47 
  mm. 
  bare, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  evidently 
  an 
  abnormally 
  small 
  

   specimen 
  ; 
  whereas 
  the 
  largest 
  ? 
  var. 
  xiphioides 
  is 
  45 
  

   mm., 
  i. 
  e., 
  two 
  millemetres 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  unusually 
  

   small 
  Madeira 
  3 
  . 
  

  

  Acherontia 
  atropos, 
  L. 
  

   Differs 
  in 
  no 
  respect 
  from 
  the 
  usual 
  type. 
  

  

  Sphinx 
  convolvuli, 
  L. 
  

  

  Common 
  in 
  Madeira, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  differ 
  at 
  all 
  from 
  

   either 
  my 
  British 
  or 
  European 
  specimens. 
  There 
  are 
  

   none 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Christ's 
  variety 
  hatatce 
  among 
  those 
  

   before 
  me. 
  

  

  Deilephila 
  titymali, 
  B. 
  ? 
  

  

  One 
  specimen 
  ; 
  too 
  worn 
  to 
  identify 
  with 
  certainty. 
  

  

  Deilephila 
  lathyrus 
  1 
  

  

  Two 
  specimens, 
  which 
  are 
  very 
  much 
  nearer 
  this 
  Indian 
  

   species 
  than 
  any 
  other. 
  They 
  certainly 
  are 
  not 
  titymali, 
  

   whose 
  wings 
  are 
  a 
  different 
  shape 
  ; 
  and 
  being 
  so 
  very 
  

   close 
  indeed 
  to 
  lathyrus, 
  I 
  deem 
  it 
  wiser 
  to 
  place 
  them 
  

   under 
  this 
  insect. 
  

  

  Deilephila 
  livornica, 
  Esp. 
  

   Similar 
  to 
  the 
  usual 
  type. 
  

  

  Macroglossa 
  stellatarum, 
  L. 
  

  

  Common. 
  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  European 
  insect, 
  but 
  

   perhaps 
  a 
  little 
  darker 
  in 
  colouring. 
  

  

  Deiopeia 
  pidchclla, 
  L. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  specimen 
  taken 
  has 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  very 
  

   much 
  less 
  spotted 
  than 
  usual. 
  

  

  