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146. Celerio gallii gallii (Rott.). 



Sphinx gallii, Rottenburg, 1775, p. 107 (Hab. ?). 



Deilephila gallii, Buckler, 1887, p. 36, pi. xxiv (larva) ; Hampson, 



1892, p. 98 (Gurais Valley, 6,000 ft.) ; Dudgeon, 1898, p. 415 



(Chumbi Valley, 13,000 ft.). 

 Celerio gallii gallii, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 723 ; Jordan, 1911, 



p. 256, t. 41 d ; Mell, 1922, p. 278, pi. ix, fig. 15 (larva), pi. xiii 



(xiv), fig. 36, pi. xviii, figs. 43, 44 (pupa) ; Seitz, 1928, p. 563. 



Imago. — ^£. Closely resembles C. e. nervosa. Antenna 

 white above only at end. Tegula without white upper 

 fringe ; abdominal side-patches as in C. e. nervosa, but 

 dorsum of abdomen with a white spot on each segment, and 

 white fringes of tergites broken on dorsum. Fore wing : costal 

 area brown, sharply denned ; median area yellowish ; marginal 

 band grey. Hind wing yellow, with a tinge of pink ; a red 

 patch behind middle, the red colour often extending along 

 the black basal area and the black submarginal band. Under- 

 side with no trace of red. First pro tarsal segment with the 

 external row of spines complete, double at base, the spines 

 little prolonged. Pul villus present. Expanse: 74mm. 



<£. Harpe more curved than in C. e. nervosa. 



Hab. W. Himalayas (Gurais Valley, 6,000 feet ; Chumbi 

 Valley, 13,000 feet), Palsearctic Region from Western Europe 

 to Japan. It occurs rarely in England, where it is called the 

 Bedstraw Hawk-Moth. 



Larva : — 



Final instar. Shape as in others of the genus ; horn of medium 

 length, down- curved. 



Coloration. — Head pink. Body varies from greenish-olive 

 to pale olive-brown, reddish-brown or blackish ; an obscure 

 yellowish dorsal stripe ; the saddle-shaped mark on segment 2 

 pink ; a series of large yellow subdorsal spots, edged with black,, 

 on 3 to 12, round except on 12 where the spot is elongate ; 

 horn red ; legs black, prolegs and claspers pinkish ; venter 

 greyish-red. Spiracles yellow, lying on a black patch. Length 

 80-90 mm. 



Pupa. — Tongue-sheath not prominent ; antenna longer than 

 fore leg, reaching middle of wing-case ; a small coxal piece. 

 Surface dull and smooth. Cremaster large, bent towards the 

 venter. Colour of head, thorax and wing-case yellowish- 

 brown with darker vermiculate markings ; abdomen reddish 

 brown ; spiracles and cremaster black. 



Habits. — Food-plants : Galium Linn., Asperula Linn., family 

 Rubiaceae ; Epilobium Linn., Fuchsia Linn., family Onagraceae. 

 Habits similar to those of others of the genus. 



