164 CATALOGUE OF 



natae, apud costam rectae, margine interiore integro subrecto per- 

 obliquo ; postic33 apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore apud 

 angulum interiorera subemarginato. Mas. — Antennae subclavatas, 

 subserratae, thoracis longitudine. Fcem. — Antennae clavatae, sim- 

 plices, thorace paullo breviores. 



Sphinx, p., Linn. ; Fabr. ; Gmel. ; God. 

 Deilephila, p., Ochs. ; Curt. ; Steph. ; Boisd. 



Phryxus, p., Hyles et Thaumas, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 137, 

 138. 



Body stout. Head prominent, conical. Proboscis moderately 

 long. Palpi as usual. Antennas rather stout. Abdomen oblan- 

 ceolate, rather less than twice the length of the thorax. Legs long, 

 slender ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings long, narrow. 

 Fore wings acuminated, straight along the costa, entire, almost 

 straight and very oblique along the exterior border ; inferior veins 

 much as usual. Hind wings somewhat rounded at the tips; exte- 

 rior border slightly emarginate towards the interior angle. Male. — 

 Antennae subclavate, minutely serrate, as long as the thorax. 

 Female. — Antennae clavate, simple, a little shorter than the thorax. 



Europe. 



Group 1. 

 Alae anticae albo lineatae. 

 Fore wings with white lines. 



1. Deilephila Livornica. 



Olivaceo-viridis, subtus albida ; capitis thoracisque latera alba; 

 thorax vittis duabus obliquis vittaque media posiica brevi 

 albis ; abdominis segmenta basi albo nigroque maculata ; alee 

 anticce striga postica basali venisque albis, media discali testa- 

 cea, margine exteriore cinereo; posticce rosea, vittis duabus 

 nigricantibus, macula apud angulum interiorem ciliisque 

 albis. 



, Petiv. Gazoph. pi. 12, f. 9. Engr. Pap. d'Eur. iii. 



96, pi. 110, 111, f. 158, a— e. 

 Sphinx Livornica, H'ubn. Sphing. 96, 5, pi. 12, f. 65 ; pi. 23, f. 1 12. 



Esp. Schmett. ii. 87, 196, pi. 8, f. 4 ; 41, pi. 46, f. 3—7. 

 Sphinx lineata, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 147,34; M ant. Ins. ii. 96, 37 ; 



Ent. St/st. iii. 1, 368, 39. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. 15, 2383, 83. 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 21, 24. Rossi, Faun. Etr. ii. 14, 359. 



Ochs. Schmett. von Eur. ii. 214, 1. Meig. Syst. Besch. Eur. 



Schmett. ii. 136, 5, pi. 64, f. 5 ; Handb. 95, 9, pi. 10, f. 2. 



