lln 6VNT0X!Ii).K. 



It |)0.-'tiiie(liiil spot above vein (> an«l two spots liotwocn vein.N ',> am] 4. 

 Iliiid wiii^ with largr whift* patch liolow tlie crll and vein 2, ex- 

 li'iidiiit^ into the iiitorspaco between veins 2 and ."{and sometimes >n 

 a small spot above vein 'A, its outer edge indeiitc I l)elow vein 1^, 

 narrowinj:: to inner mar;^Mn. 



Ab. 1. j'tilt.^tlihf. Stand. MS. Antennie ])hick at ti])s; wings 

 witli tlic sjiots yellower. 9 with tlu» winjjs aborted and very 

 much ndueed. 



/f.,h. SvKi\,:i •• , /ell.r Coll. /;<7.. jl :,| millim. 



i :•;'.. Syntoinis pliegea. 



Sphinx p/ii./ea, Linn. Sv«t. Nat. x. p. 4'.»l (17.'»H); Dnirv. 111. K\.jI, Ent. 



i. pi. 2:>. i'. •-'. Ksp. Eur. .'^cl.inrtt. ii. p. 141. i)l. 17. M" l". *J ; Hubu. Eur. 



SrhnuMt. ii. tV. W, \m St.uid. Cat. p. ;►<>: Kirhv. Cat. llrt p. \H), 

 Sphinx liijatit. 111. ALL riul.-iiuulj. Turin. 170'J-r,.\ p. VX\ (17«l<;). 

 /.i/if'fnn ifiiercu*, Fubr. Ent. Syj»t. '6, i. p. ,'i^ss , 171>.'l). 

 Sphinx iphinfilin, Ki'P. Eur. Sohmott ii. ("J) p. !'.». pi. 17. f. 4 ( JHOl). 

 Sphinx rlitHa, E-^p. Eur. Sobniett ii. (*2) p. 4»> (1S4»1). id. ii. (1) p. 22(), 



pi. .'V4. f. 1 ; Iltjbn. Eur. Scbmett. ii. f. ^): Horkli. Eur. Schrnflt. ii. 



pp. 7. 1I7(I7S10. 

 Si/n/nmis ni^ftirornis, Alpli. liov. Mvuh. Ent. i. p. is (|S.^"J). 



Black shot witli metallie green; antenna- white at tips; jiectuH 

 with vellow jKitehes ; abdomen with an orange j)atch on basal 

 segment atid band on ')th segment. Fore wing with small white 

 spot below base of eell ; a spot in end of etdl which may bo reduce 1 

 to a spcek : an obli(|ue rather elongate spot below end of cell and 

 vein - ; ;in'l spots between veins .'5 and ') and above «>. Hind wing 

 with two spots below the eell, sometimes re<luced to one speck, often 

 lar^o, conjoined, and with a spot below vein 1 : a 8|)ol above vein Ii, 

 and usually a smaller sj^ot above Ii, the spots being often large and 

 almost continent with the sjwts below cell. 



Fore wing with veins 4, i) sometimes shortly stalked. 



Ab. 1. iiif/ricornis : antenna' with the tij)s black. 



Ab. 1^. rhfUfi : fore wing with the spots reduced to a .«mall spot 

 below ba.se of cell and obli«jue streak below Vein -, or ab.sent; hind 

 wing with one spot above vein 2. 



Ab. '•^. ij>hiiut'ft(i : wings without spol.s. 



Land thickly clothed with fasciculate tufts of long brown hair 

 on the tubercles. 



I/dh. Yuxscy:; Belgium; Germ.vnv ; S.K. Europk, Zcller and 

 Prey T'olls. ; CAiCAsrs. Krj>. 3S 4^ millim. 



*11>4. Syntomis ganssuensis. 



Si/ntohtis </aus.sucii'^i.<, Gruunn-GrK-bm. ll-.r. buc. Eiit. R<j5.-. xxv, p. 4(11 

 '(ISOl) ;'Kirby, Cat. Het. p. «JUl. 



Blue-V)lack ; antenna^ Idack ; pectus with orange patches ; abdo- 

 men with one orange band. Fore wing with six hyaline spots 

 tinged with dingy white. Hind wing with two spots. 



JIah. Centr.\l Asia, Chuan-Che. E.r/'' IC millim. This species 

 is unknown to me. 



