460 BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 



(1767); "Faun. Suec," 2nd ed., p. 286 (1761) ; Scop., "Ent. Tarn.," p. 183 

 (1763); MM., "Fn. Frid.," p. 37 (1764); Hfn., " Berl. Mag.," ii., p. 178 

 (1766); Fab., " Sys. Ent.," p. 537 (1775); "Spec. Ins.," ii., p. 141 (1781 ) ; 

 "Mant. Ins.," ii., p. 93 (1787); "Ent. Sys.," iii., 1, p. 357 (1793) ; Setoff., 

 "Schmett. Wien.," 1st ed., p. 41 (1775) ; 2nd ed., p. 7 (1801); Esper, " Schmett. 

 Eur.," ii., p. 34, pi. ii (1779); Berg., "Spiling. Eur. Larvae," p. 5 (1782); 

 Bkh., "Sys. Besch.," ii., p. 106 (1789); Brahm, '' Insek.-Kal.," ii., 1, p. 312 

 (1791) ; Hb., "Eur. Schmett.," fig. 74 (circ. 1800), text p. 99 (circ. 1805); 

 "Larvae," &c., ii., Legit. D. a, b [circ. 1800); Schrk., ."Fauna Boica," ii., 1, 

 p. 222 (1801); Haw., "Lep. Brit.," 1, p. 64 (1803); Ochs., " Die' Schmett.," 

 ii., p. 252 (1808). Smerinthus, Latr., "Hist. Nat.," xiv., p. 135 (1805); "Gen. 

 Crust.," iv., p. 210 (1809) ; Ochs., " Die Schmett.," iv., p. 45 (1816) ; Sam., 

 "Ent. Comp.," p. 243 (1819) ; Hb., " Franck Cat.," p. 88 (1825); Godt., 

 "Hist. Nat.," iii., p. 71, pi. xx., fig. 3 (1821); Stephs., " Illus.," i., p. 112 

 (1828); "Cat. Br. Ins.," ii., p. 30 (1829); " List Br. An. Br. Mus.," v., p. 26 

 (1850) ; Bdv., " Eur. Lep. Ind. Meth.," p. 34 (1829) ; " Icon. Chen.," pi. vi., figs. 1 

 —3, pi. vii., fig. 1 {circ. 1840) ; "Gen. et Ind. Meth.," p. 49 (1840); " Sp. Gen. Lep. 

 Het.," i., p. 23 (1875) ; Dup., "Hist. Nat.," supp. ii., pp. 161 - 162 (1835); "Icon. 

 Chen.," pi. 72 [circ. 1840) ; "Cat. Meth.," p. 45 (1844); Wood, "Ind. Ent.," p. 12, 

 fig-9 ( l8 39); Humph. & Westd., " Brit. Moths," p. 7 (1841) ; Evers., "Faun. Volg.- 

 Ural.," p. 115 (1844); H.-Sch., "Sys. Bearb.," ii., p. 91 (1846); Chaumette, 

 "Zool.," ix., p. 3244 (1851) ; Heydenr., "Lep. Eur. Cat. Meth.," p. 19 (1851); 

 Sta., "Man.," i., p. 87 (1857); Speyer, " Geog. Verb.," i., p. 325 (1858); ii., 

 p. 280 (1862); Hein., "Schmett. Deutsch ," p. 149 (1859); Humph., "Gen. 

 Brit. Moths," p. 7 (i860); Staud., "Cat.," 1st ed., p. 16 (1861); 2nd ed., 

 P- 37 (1871) ; 3rd ed., p. 99 (1901); Snell., " De Vlind.," p. 102 (1867) ; 

 Berce, "Faun. Franc.," ii., p. 28 (1868); Nolck., "Lep. Fn. Estl.," i., p. 90 

 (1868); Newm., "Brit. Moths," p. 4 (1869); 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) ; Curd, "Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital.," vii., p. 113 (1875) ; 

 Kirby, "Eur. Butts, and Moths," p. 73 (1879); Frey, "Lep. Schweiz," p. 58 

 (1880); Poult., "Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.," p. 297 (1885) ; loc. cit., pp. 281 et seq. 

 (1887); Buckl., "Larvae," &c, ii., pp. 20, 103, pi. xx.. fig. 2 (1887); Auriv., 

 " Nord. Fjar.," p. 44 (1889) ; Gould, " Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.," pp. 241 et seq., 

 pi. xi., figs. 11 — 13 (1892); Meyr., " Handbk.," p. 299 (1895); Barr., "Lep. 

 Brit.," ii., p. 7 (1895); Lucas, "Brit. Hawk-Moths," p. 127 (1895) ; Bacot, "Ent. 

 Rec," vi., p. 175 (1895); Griffiths, loc. cit., p. 256(1895) ; Tutt, "Brit. Moths," 

 p. 23 (1896); Bartel, " Palaeark. Gross-Schmett.," p. 183 (1900). Laothoe, Fab., 

 "111. Mag.," vi., pp. 287, 288 (1807). Laothoe, Leach, " Edinb. Ency.," ix., 

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

 Vet. Ac. Handl.," p. 212 (1816) ; Zett., "Ins. Lapp.," p. 916 (1840). Polyptychic, 

 Hb., " Verz.," p. 141 (circ. 1822); Stphs., "Illus.," iv., app. p. 5 (1835). 

 Merinthus, Meig., "Eur. Schmett.," ii., p. 150 (1830). Polyptichus, Stphs., 

 "List Br. An. Br. Mus.," v., p. 26 (1850). 



Amorpha was the generic name given by Hiibner, in 1806, 

 in his Tentamen, p. 1, to populi, which he had already figured as 

 Sphinx populi in his Eitrop. Sclimett., fig. 74. Amorpha is probably 

 in many respects the most specialised genus belonging to the 

 family Amorphidae. There appear to be only two species in the 

 genus, populi, with a range throughout Europe and Central Asia 

 to the Altai mts., and tremulae confined to central and northern 

 Russia, Finland and Siberia as far as the Ussuri district. The 

 Persian populeti and the North African austauti are sometimes 

 treated as distinct species. 



Amorpha populi, Linne. 



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

 1 2th ed., p. 797 (1767); "Faun. Suec," 2nd ed., p. 286 ( 1 76 1 ) ; Scop., 

 "Ent. Cam.," p. 183 (1763); Mull., " Fn. Frid.," p. 37 (1764); Hfn., 

 "Berl. Mag.," ii., p. 178 (1766); Fab., "Sys. Ent.," p. 53; (1775) ; "Spec. Ins.," 

 ii., p. 141 (1781) ; "Mant. Ins.," ii., p. 93 (1 7 8 7) ; " Ent. Sys.," iii., 1, p. 357( J 793) J 

 "111. Mag.," vi., pp. 287—288(1807); Schiff., "Schmett. Wien.," isted.,p. 41 (1775); 

 2nded., p. 7 (1801) ; Esp., " Schmett. Eur.," ii., p. 34, pi. ii C 1 77l>) 5 Berg., "Sphing. 



