398 BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 



Tribe : Mimantidi. 



This tribe was separated by Hiibner ( Verzeichniss, p. 142) under 

 the name Mimantes, and tiliae was made the exponent of the only 

 genus, Mimas, placed in the group. It is possibly, in some respects, 

 the most generalised of the Palaearctic Amorphinae, although in 

 wing-shape, colour and markings, the imago may be said to be 

 highly specialised. The larva, however, is longer and more slender 

 than those of the Smerinthids and Amorphids (sens, strict.), and 

 is much nearer, in this respect, to the larvse of the more generalised 

 species on the Sphingid side of the phylum. The cocoon of M. 

 tiliae, also, often shows a considerable amount of silk, much 

 more, usually, than one finds in the cocoons of Smerinthids or 

 Amorphids (sens, strict.). The Mimantid pupa, too, is longer and 

 more slender in outline, approaching more the typical Sphingid form 

 than do the pupae of the other Amorphids (sens, lat.), it is also some- 

 what rougher, and the anal spike is larger and thicker. The imago 

 further shows characters that are rather Sphingid than Amorphid, 

 e.g., the frenulum is fairly well-developed and effective in M. tiliae, 

 differing much in this respect from Amo?pha, Smerinthus, etc. 



Genus : Mimas, Hiibner. 



Synonymy. — Genus: Mimas, Hb., "Verz.," p. 142 (circ. 1822); Steph., 

 "List Br. An. Br. Mus.," v., p. 26 (1850); ButL, " Tr. Zool. Soc. Lond ," 

 ix., pt. 10, p. 568 (1876) ; Grote, " Jouru. N. Y. Ent. Soc," iii., p. 132 

 (1895); "Ent. Rec," vii., p. 56 (1895); Prout, "Ent. Rec," xiii., p. 

 346 (1901). Sphinx, Linn., " Sys. Nat.," 10th ed., p. 489 (1758); 12th ed., 

 P- 797 ( I 7 () 7); " Fn. Suec," 2nd ed., p. 287 (1761); Poda, "Ins. Mus. 

 Grjec.,"p. 79 (1 761) ; Scop., "Ent. Carn.," p. 183 (1763) ; Hufn., " Berl. Mag.," ii., 

 p. 188 (1766) ; Fab., " Sys Ent.," p. 537 (1775) ; " Spec. Ins.," ii., p. 141 ( 1 781) ; 

 " Mant. Ins.," ii., p. 93 (1787); "Ent. Sys.," iii., pt. 1, p. 358 (1793); Schiff., 

 " Schmett. Wien.," 1st ed., p. 41 (1775) ; Esp., " Schmett. Eur.," ii., p. 38, pi. iii 

 (1779) ; Bergstr., " Sphing. Eur. Larv.," p. 4 (1782) ; Bkh., "Sys. Besch.," ii., p. 

 1 10 (1789); Brahm, "Ins.-Kal.," ii., 1, p. 420 (1791) ; Hb., "Eur. Schmett.," fig. 

 72 {circ. 1800) ; text, p. 100 (1805) ; " Larv. Lep., ' ii., Legit. D b 2 {circ. 1800) ; 

 Schrank, " Faun. Boica," ii., 1, p. 222 (.1801); Haw., "Lep. Brit.," 1, p. 64 (1803); 

 Ochs., " Die Schmett.," ii., p. 249 (1808). Spectrum, Scop., " Introd. Hist. Nat.," 

 p. 413 (1777). Smerinthus, Latr., " Hist. Nat.," iii., p. 401 (1802) ; xiv., p. 134 

 (1805); "Gen. Crust.," iv., p. 210 (1809); Ochs., "Die Schmett.," iv., p 45 

 (1810) ; Sam., " Ent. Comp.," p. 243 (1819) ; "Ent. Cab.," i., no. 3, rig. 5 (1832) ; 

 Hb., "Franck Cat.," p. 88 (1825) ; Godt., "Hist. Nat.," iii., p. 65 (1821); 

 Stephs., "Illus.," iv., 1, p. 113 (1828) ; "Cat. Br. Ins.," pt. 2, p. 31 (1829) ; " List 

 Br. An. Br. Mus.," v., p. 26 (1850) ; Bdv., " Eur. Lep. Ind. Meth.," p. 34 (1829) ; 

 "Gen. et Ind. Meth.," p. 49 (1840); " Sp. Gen. Lep. Het.," i., p. 44 (1875); 

 Wood, " Ind. Ent.," pi. 12, fig. 8 (1839) ; Dup., "Hist. Nat.," supp. ii., p. 145 

 (1835); "Icon. Chen.," pi. viii., fig. 2 {circ. 1840); "Cat. Meth.," p. 45 

 (1844); Humph, and Westd., " Brit. Moths," p. 8 (1841) ; Evers., "Faun. Volg.- 

 Ural.," p. 114 (1844); H.-Sch., "Sys. Bearb.," ii., p. 91 (1846); Heydenr., "Lep. 

 Eur. Cat. Meth.," ed. 3, p. 19 (1851); Sta., "Man.," i., p. 87 (1857); Spey., 

 " Geog. Verb.," i., p. 324 (1858) ; ii., p. 280 (1862) ; Hein., " Schmett. -Deutsch.," 

 p. 150 (1859) ; Humph., " Gen. Br. Moths," p. 8 (i860) ; Staud., "Cat.," 1st ed., 

 p. 16 (l86l) ; 2nd cd., p. 37 (1871) ; Wallgrn., " Skand. Het.," i., p. 15 (1863); 

 Sncll, " De Vlind.," p. 101 (1867); Berce, "Faun. Franc.," ii., p. 27 (1868); 

 Nolck., "Lep. Fn. Estl.," i., p. 90 (1868); Newm., "Brit. Moths," p. 5 

 " Cat. Lep. Alp.-Mar.," i., p. 119 ( 1 872) ; Bang-Haas, 



(3), ix., p. 403 (1874); Cuni y Mart., "Cat. Lep. Bare," 

 Curd, "Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital.," vii., p. 112 (1875); Kirby, 



and Moths," p. 73 (1879); Frcy, "Lep. Sckweiz," p. 58 



, " Larvae, &c," ii., p. 105, pi. six., fig. 3 (1887) ; Mina-Pal., " Nat. 



135 (1888); Auiiv., " Nord. Fjar.," p. 43 (1889); Clark, "Ent. 

 327-329. pi. A., figs. 1— 12 (1890) ; Bacot, " Ent. Rec," vi., pp. 173 



Griffiths, loc. cit., p. 257 (1895) ; Barr., "Lep. Brit.," ii., p. 1 1 (1895) 



(1869) 



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