402 sphingid^:. 



4. Costal area of fore wing clay-colour from 



base to near apex, shaded with black [p. 404. 



behind ; veins traversing brown post- [Roths. & Jord., 



discal band white C. euphorbise nervosa 



Costal area pale pink speckled with black, 



base and an ovate spot beyond cell dark [(Butl.), p. 402. 



brown C. euphorbise robertsi 



Larvse. 



1. Horn black 2. 



Horn not black 4. 



2. Subdorsal spots red or yellow 3. [p. 405. 



3. Head black, body black spotted with yel- [Roths. & Jord., 



low ; subdorsal spots yellow C. euphorbias nervosa 



Head pale, with a black spot on vertex of 

 each lobe ; body grey or leather- colour ; [(Walk.), p. 408. 



subdorsal spots red or yellow G. nicsea lathyrus 



4. Horn red with black tip ; subdorsal spots 



enamel-white ; head and saddle-mark on [(Butl.), p. 403. 



segment 2 red C. euphorbise robertsi 



Horn red ; subdorsal spots yellow or 



wanting 5. 



-5. Spiracles yellow ; head and saddle-mark [p. 407. 



pink C. gallii gallii (Rott.), 



Spiracles white ; head and saddle-mark 



pink or black ; subdorsal spots some- [(Esp.), p. 409. 



times wanting C. lineata livornica 



Pupse. 

 Tongue-sheath enlarged basally ; a tubercle [(Esp.), p. 409. 



on each side above base of tongue C. lineata livornica 



Tongue-sheath not enlarged, and no tu- 

 bercles 2. [p. 407. 



12. Cremaster large, bent towards venter C. gallii gallii (Rott.), 



[p. 406. 



Cremaster triangular, ending in a short ^ z, L • "' 



t. i X.-.C j x. n. J (J . euphorbise nervosa 



minutely bind shalt < ^ r *~. 



\C. e. robertsi (Butl.), 



145a. Celerio euphorbise robertsi (Butl.). (Fig. 102, imago; 

 PL IV, figs. 18, 19, larva). 



Deilephila robertsi, Butler, 1880, p. 411, pi. xxxix, figs. 9, 10 (1., 



p.) (Kandahar). 

 Celerio euphorbise robertsi, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 721 ; Jordan, 



1911, p. 255. 

 Deilephila dahlii, Hampson (nee Gey.), 1892, p. 99 (Kandahar ; 



Simla). ...... 



Deilephila euphorbise, Buckler, 1887, p. 30, pi. xxiii (larva). 



Imago. — $$. Resembles C. e. nervosa, but darker in colour. 

 Head, thorax and abdomen marked as in C. e. nervosa, but 

 fringes of tergites pure white. Fore wing : costal area pale 

 pink, speckled with black, base dark brown, with a white patch 

 at extreme base ; an ovate brown spot beyond cell ; median 

 area flesh- colour speckled with dark brown ; veins very 

 narrowly white across brown post-discal band ; marginal band 

 purplish-grey dotted with black. Hind wing as in nervosa, 



