116 BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 



than is the Eumorphid, although in the larval stage the two last- 

 named have varied much in the same way. 



On imaginal characters, Kaye gets the following subdivisions : 



1. Head closely set on thorax, pointed, eyes large; forewings with broad 

 oblique straight pale stripe from apex to inner margin; hindlegs very long — 

 oldenlandiae, pinastrina, japonica, intersecta, celaeno, schenkii. 



2. Head broad, eyes very large ; forewings with an oblique pale semi- 

 metallic bent stripe from apex to inner margin ; hindlegs long (but scarcely so 

 long as in i); abdomen with lateral pairs of semi-metallic spots — celerio, osiris, 

 vigil (lignaria). 



3. Head and thorax projecting well before costal line of forewing ; forewings 

 brown with several oblique lines from apex to inner margin ; hindwings with a dark 

 marginal band ; abdomen long and tapering — alecto *, eson, trilineata, thyelia, 

 lienor. 



Kaye further notes that " the Hippotionids shade off into the 

 Enmorphidi through schenkii, chart's, oldenlandiae and japonica, the 

 latter approaching, though yet a long way from, elpenor. 



Genus : Hippotion, Hiibner. 



Synonymy. — Genus: Hippotion, Hb., "Verz.,"p. 135 (circ. 1822); Stphs.,"IU. 

 Haust.," iv., app. p. 5 (1835) ; " List Br. An. Br. Mus.," p. 28 (1850) ; Moore, " Lep. 

 Ceylor," ii., p. 16, pi. lxxxiv., fig. 4 (1882); Kirby, " Handbook," &c, iv., p. 20 

 (1897); Tutt, "Brit. Lep.," hi., p. 355 (1902). 'Sphinx, Linn., " Sys. Nat.," xth 

 ed.. p. 491 (1758); xiith ed., p. 800 (1767) ; Hfn., "Bed. Mag.," ii., p. 182 

 (1766); Fab., "Sys. Ent.," p. 545 (1775); "Spec. Ins.," ii., p. 151 (1781); 

 " Mant.," ii., p. 9 (1787); "Ent. Syst.," iii., pt. r, p. 370 (1793); Cram., 

 "Pap. Exot.," ii., pi. 125, fig. E (1777); -[Scruff.,] " Schmett. Wien.," p. 

 42 (1775); Ill's, n. Ausg., p. 16 (1801); Esp., "Schmett. Eur.," ii., pt. I, 

 p. 83, pi. viii., figs. 1—3(1779); ph xxii., fig. 1 (1780); p. 176. pi. xxviii., fig. 1 

 (1782) ; ii., pt. 2, p. 34, pi. xlv., fig. 3 (? 1800); Bergstr., " Sphing. Larv.," p. 10 

 (1782); Bork., "Sys. Besch.," ii., pp. 70, 138, 178 (1789); [F.J.A.D.,] 

 " Rhein. Mag.," p. 315 (1793); Hb., "Eur. Schmett.," ii., figs. $9, 146 (1796); 

 text p. 96 (circ. 1805); "Larv. Lep.," ii., Sph. iii., Legit. B. a. b. figs. 1 a-b 

 (circ. 1800); Don., "Brit. Ins.," vi., p. 25, pi. exc (1797); Haw., "Lep. 

 Brit.," i., p. 61 (1803); Latr., "Hist. Nat.," xiv., p. 132(1805); Ochs., "Die 

 Schmett.," ii., p. 205 (1808) ; Shaw and Nodder, " Viv. Nat.," xx., pi. 860 (1809) ; 

 Lam., "M6m. An. sans Vert.," i., p. 32, pi. ii., fig. 1 (1816); Godt., "Hist., 

 Nat.," iii., p. 43, pi. xviii., fig. 2 (1821); Bdv., "Eur. Lep. Ind. Meth.," p. 32 

 (1829); Meig., "Eur. Schmett.," ii., p. 134 (1830); H.-Sch., "Sys. Bearb.," 

 ii., p. 86 (1846); Speyei, " Geog. Verb.," i., p. 316 (1858); Heh"u " Schmett. 

 Deutsch.," i., p. 145 (1859). Spectrum, Scop., "Introd. Hist. Nat," p. 413 

 (1777). Deilephila, [Lasp.,] "Jena. Allg. Lit. Zeit.," iv., p. 109 (1809); 

 Ochs., "Die Schmett.," iv., pp. 42. 43 (1816); Stphs., "111. Haust.," p. 128 

 (1828); "Cat. Br. Ins.," ii., p. 33 (1829); Wood, "Ind. Ent.," p. 17 (1839); 

 Bdv., "Icon. Chen.," pi. 13 (circ. 1840); "Gen. et Ind. Meth.," p. 47 (1840) ; 

 Dup., "Cat. Meth.," p. 42 (1844); Heyd., "Lep. Eur. Cat. Meth.," ed. 3, 

 p. 19 (1851); Staud., "Cat.," ed. 1, p. 16 (1861); ed. 2, p. 37(1871); Montr., 

 "Ann. Soc. Lin. Lyon," (2,) xi., p. 250 (1864); Ramb., "Cat. Lep. And.," p. 

 131 (1866); Snell., " De Vliud.," p. 94 (1867); Berce, "Faun. Franc.," ii., 

 p. 23 (1868); Nolck., "Lep. Fu. Estl.," i., p. 88 (1868); Mill., "Cat. Lep. 

 Alp. -Mar.." p. 118(1872); "Nat. Sic," vi., p. 4, pi. i., tigs. 8-9 (18S6); Cuni 

 y Mart., "Cat. Lep. Bare," p. 40 (1874); Curd, "Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital.," vii.. 

 p. in (1875); Frey, "Lep. Schweiz," p. 58 (18S0); Auriv., " Nord. Fjar.," 

 p. 46 (1889); Mina-Pal., " Nat. Sic," vii., p. 134(1888); Mcyr., "Handbook," 

 &c, p. 296 (1896); Bartel, "Pal. Gross-Schmett.," ii., p. 104 (1900). Elpenor, 

 Oken, "Lehrb. Zool.," i., p. 760 (1815). Eumorpha, lib., u Franck Cat.," p. 

 87 (1825). Choerocampa, Dup., "Mist. Nat.." supp. ii., p. 159 (1835); Humph, 

 and Westd., "Brit. Moths," i., p. 21 (1841); Dbldy., "List Brit. Lep.," p. 

 3 (1847); Sta., "Man.," i., p. 90(1857); Humph., "Gen. Brit. Mollis/' p. u 

 (i860); Ni'wm.. "Brit. Moths," p. 9(1869); Bdv., "Ili-t. Nat. Sphing.," p. 

 2 3 <s ('^75); Kirby, " Eur. Butts, and Moths," p. 71, pi. xvi , fig. 2 (187c)) ; Auriv., 



* Alecto has broader wings than the other species included in this group, 

 but otherwise agrees very well with it (Kaye). 



