424 BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 



pi. i (1779); Berg., "Spiling. Eur. Larv.," p. 4 (1782) ; Retz., "Gen. 

 Spec," p. 35 (1783); Boric, " Sys. Beschr.," ii., p. 104 (1789); Brahm, 

 " Ins.-Kal.," ii., 1, p. 430 (1791) ; Hb., " Eur. Schmett.," fig. 73 {circ. 1800), text 

 p. 99 (1805) ; Lamlc, ' Syst. Anim. sans Vert.," p. 282 (1801); Schrank, " Faun. 

 Boica," ii., 1, p. 221 (1801) ; Haw., " Lep. Brit.,*' 1, p. 63 (1803); Ochs., 

 " Die Schmett.," ii., p. 249 (1808). Laothoe, Fab.. " 111. Mag.," vi., pp. 287— 

 288 (1807). Laothoe, Leach, " Edinb. Enc," ix., p. 130(1815); Oken, " Lehrb. 

 Zool.," i., p. 753 (18 1 5). Dilina, Dalm., '• K. Vet. Ac. Hand!.," p. 212 

 (1816) ; Zett., "Ins. Lapp.," p. 915 (1840). Paom'as,,Hb., " Verz.," p. 142 

 {circ. 1822); Stephs., " Illus. Haust.," iv., app. p. 5 (1835). Merinthus, Meig., 

 " Eur. Schmett.," ii., p. 148 (1830). Bebroptera, Sodoffsky, " Bull. Mosc^," 

 x., no. 6, p. 11 (1837). Cop is merinthus, Grote, " Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc," 

 iii., p. 132 (1895) 5 " Ent. Rec," vii., p. 56 (1895) J vin -' P- l8 (1896). 



Latreille gives (Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins., iii., p. 401) the following 

 diagnosis of the genus : 



Trompe tres-courte ou nulle. Antennes en scie ou pectinees, terminees en 

 pointe crochue, sans filet au bout. Ailes dentees ou anguleuses — Sphinx tiliae, ocellata. 



Latreille fixed, in 18 to ( Consid. Ord. Nat. Animaux, &c., p. 

 440), the type of the genus as ocellata. Grote erected ( Hawkmoths 

 North America, p. 35) the genus Copismerinthus, in 1886, for cerisii, 

 Kirb. Later he states (Journ. New York Ent. Soc, iii., p. 132 ; 

 Ent. Rec, vii., p. 56) that ocellata and ophthalmicus are congeneric 

 with cerisii, all agreeing in having a blunt spine at the extremity of the 

 fore tibiae, and, as he erroneously believes that Latreille has indicated 

 populi as the type of Smerinthus, he sinks Amorpha, Hb., before 

 Smerinthus, and employs Copismerinthus for ocellata. This spine is 

 a very striking and characteristic structure, being, in 6". ocellata, a 

 distinct prolongation of the first tibia, and sufficiently large to be 

 readily seen and examined under a low power lens. 



Smerinthus ocellata, Linne. 

 Synonymy. —Species : Ocellata, Linn., "Sys. Nat.," xth ed., p. 489 (1758) ; 

 xiith ed., p. 796 (1767); "Faun. Suec," 2nd ed., p. 286 (1761); Poda, "Ins. 

 Mus. Graec," p. 80 (1761) ; Scop., "Ent. Cam.," p. 182 (1763); Mull., " Fn. 

 Frid.," p. 37 (1764) ; Hfn., " Berl. Mag.," ii.. p. 178 (1766); Fab., "Sys. Ent.," 

 P- 536 (1775); "Spec. Ins.," ii., p. 139 (1781); " Mant. Ins.," ii., p. 92 (1787); 

 "Ent. Sys.;" iii., I, p. 355 (1793) ; "111. Mag.," vi., p. 287 (1807); Schiff., 

 " Schmett. Wien.," ed. 1, p. 41 (1775) ; ed. 2, p. 5 (1801) ; Esp., " Schmett. Eur.," 

 ii., p. 27, pi. i (1779); Bkh., "Sys. Besch.," ii., p. 104 (1789); Schrk., "Faun. 

 Boica," ii., 1, p. 221 (1801); Lamk., " Syst. Anim. sans Vert.," p. 282 (1801); Haw., 

 " Lep. Brit.," 1, p. 63 (1803) ; Latr., "Hist. Nat.," iii., p. 401 (1802) ; xiv., p. 135 

 (1805) ; " Gen. Crust.," iv., p. 210 (1809) ; " Consid.," p. 440 (1810) ; Ochs., "Die 

 Schmett.," ii., p. 249 (1808); iv., p. 45 (1816) ; Leach, "Edinb. Enc," ix., p. 

 130 (1815); Oken, "Lehrb. Zool.," i., p. 753 (1815) ; Dalm., " K. Vet. Ac. 

 Handl.," p. 212 (1816) ; "Sam., "Ent. Comp.," p. 243 (1819) ; Godt., "Hist. 

 Nat.," iii., p. 68 (1821) ; Bdv., "Eur. Lep. Ind. Meth.," p. 34 (1829); "Icon. 

 Chen.," pi. vii., figs. 2—4 {circ. 1840) ; " Gen. et Ind. Meth.," p. 49 (1840) ; Dup., 

 " Icon. Chen.," pi. vii., fig. 1 [circ. 1840) ; " Cat. Meth.," p. 45 (1844) ; Zett., 

 " Ins. Lapp.," p. 915 (1840) ; Evers., "Faun. Vol g. -Ural.," p. 114 (1844) ; H.-Sch., 

 "Sys. Bearb.," ii., p. 91 (1846) ; Chaum., " Zool.," ix., p. 3244(1851) ; Heyd., "Lep. 

 Eur. Cat. Meth.," ed. 3, p. 19 (1851); Spever, " Geog. Verb.," i., p. 325 

 (1858); Staud., "Cat.," 1st ed., p. 16 (1861); 2nd" ed., p. 37 (1871) ; 

 3rd ed., p. 99 (1901) ; Wallg-rn., " Skand. Het. Fjar.," i., p. 17 (1863); Ramb., 

 "Cat. Lep. And.," ii., p. 136 (1866); Snell., " De Vlind.," p. 101 (1867); 

 Berce, " Faun. Franc.," ii., p. 27 (1868); Nolck., "Lep. Fn. Estl.," i., p. 90 

 (1868); Bang-Haas, "Nat. Tids.," (3). ix., p. 403 (1874); Cuni y Mart., "Cat. 

 Lep. Bare.,'' p. 41 (1874); Mill., "Cat. Lep. Alp.-Mar.," p. 120 (1875); 

 Curo, " Bull. Sec. Ent. It.," vii., p. 113 (1875) ; Butl., "Tr. Zool. Soc. Lond.," ix., 

 p. 590 (1876) ; Frey, " Lep. Schweiz," p. 58 (1880) ; Bart., " Palseark. 

 Schmett.," p. 171 (1900). Semipavo, Retz., "Gen. Spec. Ins.," p. 35 (1783). 

 Occellata, Brahm, " Insek.-Kal.," ii., 1, p. 430 ( 1 791 ). Salicis, Hub., " Eur. 

 Schmett.," pi. xv., fig. 73 {circ. 1S00) ; text p. 99 (1805) ; "Larv. Lep.," ii., Legit. 

 P. a. b {circ. i8co) ; "Verz.," p. 142 (circ. 1822); Stphs., "111. Haust.," app. 



