SPHINGIDES. 353 



Boisduval, in 1829, gave {Eur. Lep. Ind. Meth., pp. 32 — 34) the 

 following grouping : 



3VTACROGLOSSA — Fitciformis, bmnbyliformis, crcatica, stellatarum. 



Pterogon — CEnotherae*, goi'goniades. 



Sphinx — Nerii, celerio, cretica, elpenor, porcellus, liiieata, dahlh, galii, hip- 

 pophaes, vespertilioides, euphorbiae, nicaea, zygophylli, convolvuli, ligustri, pinastri, 



BRACHYGLGSSAf— AtrOpOS. 



SmerinTHUS — Tiliae, ocellatus. populi, tremulae, quercus. 



In 1835 Stephens published, as an appendix to vol. iv of Yixs Illustra- 

 tions (Havstellata), an "Abstract of the Indigenous Lepidoptera contained 

 in the Verzeichniss Bekannter Schmetterlinge by Hiibner." In this he 

 gives (p. 5) the following list of the British J " Sphinges Legitimae " : 



Cephonodes (Sesia). — Bombyliformis, fuciformis. 



PsiTHYROS (Macroglossa).— Stellatarum. 



Daphnis. — Nerii. 



Theretra (Deilephila, B, pars). — Porcellus. 



Hippotion (Deilephila, B,p.). — Celerio. 



Oreus (Deilephila, B, p.).— Elpenor. 



Phryxus (Deilephila, A, p.).—Livornica. 



Hyles (Deilephila, A, p.). — Galii, euphorbiae. 



Hyloicus (Sphinx, p.).— Pinastri. 



Acherontia (Acherontia). — Atropos. 



Phlegethontius (Sphinx, p.). — Carolina. 



Agrius (Sphinx, p.). — Convolvuli, cingulata {?). 



Lethia (Sphinx, p.). — Ligustri. 



POLYPTYCHUS (SMERINTHUS, p.). — Popllii. 



Paonias (Smerinthus, p.). — Salicis. 



Minias [sic] (Smerinthus,/.). — Tiliae. 



Although this mere citation of the British species does not in the 

 least restrict Hiibners genera, and Stephens makes no attempt to fix 

 their types, yet his list had without doubt some influence in introduc- 

 ing the genera to the notice of British entomologists, and, in 1837, 

 Curtis distinctly fixes nerii as "type of the genus'"' Daphnis. In 

 Stephens' List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection of the 

 British Museum, part v, Lepidoptera (1850) — a catalogue which had 

 perhaps more influence on nomenclature because containing a new 

 classificatory system — the names become still further associated (as 

 subgeneric, in most cases) with the same species, Phryxus, however, 

 being mis-spelled " Phrynus." The classification adopted in this 

 work (pp. 25 — 30) is as follows : 



Fam. II : Sphingllve. 

 Smerinthus, Latr. 



a. Paonias, Hb. — ocellatus, L. 



b. Polyptichus, Wo.— populi, L. 



c. Mimas, Hb. — tiliae, L. 

 Acherontia, Ochs. — atropos, L. 

 Sphinx, Auct. 



a. Agrius, Hb. — convolvuli, L. 



b. Lethia, Yih.— ligustri, L. 



c. Hyloicus, Hb. — pinastri, L. 

 Deilephila, Ochs. 



a. Hyles, Hb. — euphorbiae, L., galii, Schif. 



b. Phrynus. Hb. — livomica, Esp. 

 Ch^rocampa, Dup. 



a. Hippotion, Hb. — celerio, L. 



* D'Orbigny makes {Diet., x., p. 613) oenotherae (z=proserpina) , the type. 



t Absolutely synonymous with Alanduca, Hb. 



\ Carolina and cingulata are, of course, not British. Kirby notes {in lift.) that 

 Hiibner figures [Samml. Exot. Schmett., vol. ii., ante. 182b) cingulata under the generic 

 name Agrius, this being the earliest use of the generic title for a single species after its 

 erection. Kirby considers that this is sufficient to constitute cingulata the type of A grius. 



