390 BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 



belonged to the former species. Selys-Longchanips mentions (Ann. 

 Ent. Soc. Belg., xiv., p. 42) examples from Baraque-Michel similar 

 to A. statices, but with antennae like A. globulariae. One species, A. 

 ampelophaga, that occurs in southern Europe, is said to be very de- 

 structive to the vine. 



adscita statices, Linne. 

 Synonymy.— Species: Statices, Linne, "Sys. Nat.," 10th Ed., p. 495 (1758); "Fauna 

 Suec," p. 290 (1761) ; Scop., "Ent. Cam.," p. 190 (1763) ; Hufn., "Berl.Mag.," ii., 

 p. 186 (1767); Fab., "Sys. Ent.," p. 555 (1775); Fuess., " Mag. Ent.,"L, p. 115 (1778); 

 "Neues Mag.," ii., p. 210 (1785) ; Esp., "Die Schmett.," ii., p. 158, pi. xviii., figs. 

 2a, b (1787) ; Bork., " Sys. Besch.," ii., pp. 33 and 167 (1789) ; Hb., " Eur. Schmett.," 

 ii., pi. i., fig. 1, ? pi. Ibis, fig. 2 (1797), p. 76 (? 1805); Haw., "Lep. Brit.," p. 73 

 (1803) ; Ochs. et Treits.," " Schmett. Eur.," ii., p. 11 (1808) ; Godt., " Lep. France," 

 iii.,p. 158 (1821) ; Stphs., " Illus. Brit. Ent.," L, p. 105 (1828) ; Freyer, " Neuere 

 Beit.," L, p. 118, pi. 62, fig. 1 (1833) ; Curt., " Brit. Ent.," ix., pi. 396 (1832) ; Bdv., 

 " Hist. Nat. Lep.," i., p. 118 (1836) ; Wood, " Ind. Ent.," p. 11 (1839) ; Zell., " Isis," 

 1839, p. 274 ; Zett., " Ins. Lapp.," p. 920 (1840) ; Dup., " Cat. Meth.," p. 53 (1844) ; 

 Evers., " Lep. Volg.-Ural.,"p. 91 (1844) ; Assm., " Abbild. Schmett. Schles.,"ii.,p. 5 

 (1845) ; H.-Sch., " Sys. Bearb.," ii., p. 27 (1845) ; Nick., " Stett. Ent. Zeit.," p. 93 

 (1845) ; Led., " Ver. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien," ii., p. 102 (1852) ; Sta., " Man.," i., p. 

 78 (1857) ; Speyer, " Geog. Verb. Schmett.," p. 356 (1858) ; Hein., " Schmett. 

 Deutsch.,"p. 154 (1859) ; Staud., " Stett. Ent. Zeit.," xxiii., p. 353 (1862) ; Newm., 

 " Zool.," xxi., pp. 8607-8 (1863); Wallgrn., " Scand. Het.-Fjar.," p. 108 

 (1863); Sta. and Staud., "Ent. Ann.," 1864, p. 103; Kamb., "Cat. Lep. And.," 

 p. 184(1866); Snellen, "De Vlinders," etc., i., p. 125 (1867); Nolck., "Lep. Fn. 

 Est.," ii., p. 97 (1868); Newm., "Brit. Moths," p. 22 (?1869); Staud., "Cat.," 

 p. 44 (1871) ; Mill., " Cat. Lep. Alp.-Mar.," p. 124 (1872) ; Curd, " Bull. Soc. Ent. 

 Ital.,"vii., p. 193(1875); Sand, "Cat. Lep. Auv.," p. 22 (1879) ; Kirby," Eur. Butts.," 

 etc., p. 87 (1879) ; " Cat. Lep. Het.," i., p. 84 (1892) ; " Handbook," etc., iii., p. 98 

 (1897) ; Frey, " Lep. der Schweiz," p. 64, in part (1880) ; Peyer., " Cat. Lep. Als.," 

 p. 46 (1880) ; Hofmn., "Die Gross-Schmett.," etc., p. 33 (1887) ; " Die Kaupen,"etc, 

 p. 35 (1893) ; Buckl., " Larra," etc., ii., p. 87, pi. xviii., fig. 1 (1887) ; Auriv., 

 " Nord-Fjar.," p. 51 (1888); Kane, " Entom.," xxvi., p. 317 (1893); Barr., "Lep. 

 Brit.,"ii., p. 112 (1894); Meyr., "Handbook," etc., p. 449 (1895); Tutt, "Brit. 

 Moths," p. 351 (1896). Turcosa, Eetzius, "Gen. Ins.," p. 35 (1783). Stations, 

 Fourc, "Ent. Par.," ii., p. 292 (1785). Globulariae, Schrk., "Fauna Boica," ii., 

 p. 242 (1801). 



Original description.— Sphinx viridi-caerulea, alis inferioribus 

 fuscis (Linne, Sys. Nat., 10th Ed., p. 495). 



Imago. — Anterior wings 21-9-29-3 mm. in expanse, bronzy- or blue- 

 green. Posterior wings smoky-grey. Antennae rather long, termi- 

 nating in a blunt club. 



Sexual dimorphism. — The male is much larger than the female, 

 the former averaging (in about 50 examples) 29 mm., the latter 

 22 mm. ; the antennae are more pectinated in the $ , the body com- 

 paratively slender, that of the female being stout and plump. 



Variation. — In colour, the specimens present two very distinct 

 forms, the rare (in Britain) blue-green type-form described by Linne, 

 and the common bronzy-green form = ab. viridis, n. ab. The reddish- 

 bronze individuals so often seen have usually been produced by exposure 

 to damp, the scales exhibiting a great change in the presence of 

 moisture. Frey's remarks (Lep. der Schiceiz, p. 64) show that he was 

 much mixed about the species, as he gives the food-plant (Centaurea 

 scabiosa) of R. globulariae, as that of A. statices, and refers A. chryso- 

 cephala (= A. geryon) to the latter species. He, however, states that 

 in the mountains a somewhat smaller, but otherwise typical, race of 

 A. statices occurs. Staudinger considers that the most southerly limit 

 of typical A. statices is Hungary (Buda and Mehadia), South Germany 



