168 CATALOGUE OF 



5. Deilephila Tithymali. 



Abdomen cingulis duabus nigris ; alee anticce olivacea fascia 

 venisque postice albis ; posticce nigra fascia media margineque 

 exterior e rubris. 



Deilephila Tithymali, Boisd. Icon. Hist, Lep. Sphing. 30, pi. 51, 

 f. 1 ; Ind. Meth. 47, 386. 



South Spain. Canary Isles. 



6. Deilephila Zygophylli. 



Ala antica olivacea, vitta angusta inaquali sublineari albida ; 

 posiica nigra fascia media margineque exteriore rubro incar- 

 natis. 



Sphinx Zygophylli, Ochs. Schmett. von Eur. iii. 226, 5. Hubn. 



Sphing. pi. 27, f. 125. Meig. Syst. Besch. Eur. Schmett. ii. 



140, 9. 

 Deilephila Zygophylli, Boisd. Icon. Hist. Lep. Sphing. 32, 8, pi. 



51, f. 2. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. SuppL ii. 20, pi. 3, f. 1. 



Shores of the Caspian. 



7. Deilephila NiciEA. 



Viridi-fusca, subtus roseo-albida ; capitis thoracisque latera alba; 

 palpi apice albi; abdominis dimidium basale lateribus albidis 

 nigro quadrimaculatis^ segmenta posteriora maculis transversis 

 albidis ; alee basi alba? ; antica testacea plaga basali, maculis 

 duabus anticis lineaque obliqua postice dilatata viridi-fuscis ; 

 postica subrosea, basi vittaque nigris. 



Sphinx Nicaea, De Prun. Lep. Pedem. 173. Hubn. Sphing. 115. 

 Ochs. Schmett. Eur. God. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. iii. 171, pi. 17, 

 f. 1. Meig. Syst. Besch. Eur. Schmett. ii. 139, 8. 



Sphinx Cyparissae, Hubn. Sphing. f. 115. 



Hyles Nicea, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 137, 1474. 



Deilephila Niesea, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 47, 381. 



This species is especially distinguished from D. Lathyri by its 

 larger size, by the more abrupt flexure of the stripe on the fore 

 wings, and by the hind wings where the black colour extends from 

 the base along the costa till it joins the hinder stripe. 



a — c. South Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



