HYLES. 201 



mountains and reaches 5500ft. at Davos (Riggenbach), and at St. Moritz 

 (Mengelbir), Canton Vaud, rare — Lausanne (Chaumette), Zurich (Nageli), 

 Tarasp. Da'vos (Killias), near St. Gallen, very rare, commoner, near Rorschach 

 (Taschler), Gais (Peyerimhofl), Wmterthiir (Huguenin), Zurich, near Wipkingen, 

 Bremi, in Seefeld, Wolfensberger, very rare (Frey), Bremgarten, rare (Boll), Basle 

 district — Laufelfingen, Aargau, Solthurn Juras, near Lucerne (Wullschlegel), 

 Burgdorf (Meisner), Berne, Gadmenthai (Ratzer), Neuenstadt (Couleru), Vevey 

 (Wullschlegel), Valais — Leuk, at foot of the Gemmi (Meisner), Grisons — Chur, 

 Bergell (Killias). 



Genus : Hyles, Hiibner. 



Synonymy. — Genus : Hyles, Hb., " Verz.," p. 137 (circ. 1822); Stphs., "List 

 Br. An. Br. Mus.," p. 28 (1850); Tutt, "Brit. Lep.," hi., p. 355 (1902). 

 Sphinx, Linn., "Sys. Nat.," xth ed., p. 492 (1758); xiith ed., p. 802 (1767); 

 "Fauna Suec," 2nd ed., p. 287 ( 1 761 ) ; "Mus. Ludov. Ulric," p. 356 (1764); 

 Poda, "Ins. Mus. Grsec," p. 81 (1761); Scop., "Ent. Cam.," p. 186 (1763) ; 

 Mull., "Faun. Frid.," p. 37 (1764); " Zool. Dan. Prod.," p. 116 (1776); 

 Drury, "111. Exot. Ent.," i., pi. xxix., fig. 3 (1773); Hfn., "Bed. Mag.," 

 ii., p. 180 (1766); Rott., "Naturf.," vii., p. 105 (1775); "Fab., " Syst. 

 Ent.," p. 541 (1775); "Spec. Ins.," ii., p. 146 (1781) ; " Mant.," ii., p. 95 

 (1787); "Ent. Syst.," hi., pt. i., p. 367 (1793); "Syst. Gloss." in Ill's Mag., 

 vi., p. 287 (1807); [Schiff.,] "Schmett. Wien," p. 42 (1775); n. Ausg., p. 12 

 (1801); Esp., "Schmett. Eur.," ii., p. 100, pi. xi., figs. 1-4 (1779); Bergs., 

 "Sphing. Larv.," p. 7 (1782); Geoff., " Fourc. Ent. Paris.," ii., p. 254 (1785); 

 Bork., "Sys. Besch.," ii., pp. 77, 139, 178 (1789); Brahm, " Insectenkal.," ii., 

 p. 428 (1791) ; Don., "Brit. Ins.," hi., p. 51, pi. xci-xcii (1795) ; Hb., "Eur. 

 Schmett.," ii., fig. 66 (1796); "Larv. Lep.," ii., Sph. iii., Legit. B. d. fig. 

 la (circ. 1800); text p. 97 {circ. 1805); Cuv., " Tabl. Elem.," p. 592 ( ?i 797) ; 

 Schrk., " Faun. Boica," ii., pt. 1, p. 226 (1801) ; Haw., " Lep. Brit.," i., 

 p. 61 (1803) ; " Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.," pt. 1, p. 99, pi. iv (1812) ; 

 Latr., " Hist. Nat.," xiv., p. 131 (1805) ; " Gen. Crust.," iv., p. 210 

 (1809); " Consid. Gen.," p. 440 (1810); Ochs., "Die Schmett.," ii., p. 223 

 (1808); Shaw & Nodder, " Viv. Nat.," xxi., pi. 922 (1810) ; Leach, " Edinb. 

 Encycl.," ix., p. 131 (1815) ; Dalm., " Vet. Ak. Handl.," xxxvii., p. 214 

 (1816); Lam., "Hist. Nat. An.," iv., p. 11 (1817) ; Sam., "Ent. Compend.," 

 p. 244 (1819); Godt., " Hist. Nat.," hi., p. 33 (1822); Bdv., " Eur. Lep. Ind. 

 Meth.," p. 33 (1829); Meig., "Eur. Schmett.," ii., p. 138 (1830); Evers., 

 "Faun. Volg.-Ural.," p. in (1844); H.-Sch., "Sys. Bearb.," ii., p. 88 (1846); 

 Speyer, " Geog. Verb.," i., p. 318 (1858); ii., p. 280 (1862); Hein., "Schmett. 

 Deutsch.," i., p. 146 (1859); Bang-Haas, "Nat. Tids.," (3), ix., p. 401 (1874). 

 Spectrum, Scop., " Introd. Hist. Nat.," p. 413 (1777). Dellephila, [Lasp.,] 

 "Jena. Allg. Lit. Zeit.," iv., p. 109 (1809); Ochs., "Die Schmett.," iv., pp. 42- 

 43 (1816); Hb., "Franck Cat.," p. 87 (1825); Curt., "Brit., Ent.," i., pi. iii 

 (1823); Stphs., "111. Haust.," i., p. 124 (1828); "Cat. Br. Ins.," ii., p. 32 

 (1829); Bdv., "Icon. Chen.," pi. i., figs. 1-2 {circ. 1840); "Gen. et Ind. 

 Meth.," p. 47 (1840); "Hist. Nat. Sphing.," p. 162 (1875); Newm. & Raddon, 

 " Ent. Mag.," hi., pp. 369 et seq., 535 et seq., pi. viii-ix (1834) ; Dup., " Hist. Nat.," 

 supp. ii., p. 158 (1835); "Icon. Chen.," pi. iv., fig. 1 {circ. 1835); "Cat. 

 Meth.," p. 41 (1844); Dune, "Brit. Moths," p. 149 (1836); Wood, "Ind. 

 Ent.," p. 14 (1839); Humph. & Westd., "Brit. Moths," i., p. 16 (? 1841); 

 Assm., " Schm. Schles.," ii., p. 34, figs. 3,7a— d (1845) ; Dbld., " List Brit. LeD.," p. 

 3 (1847) ; Heydrch., "Lep. Eur. Cat. Meth.," ed. 3, p. 18 (1851); Walk., "List," 

 viii., p. 165 ^1856); Sta., "Man.," i., p. 92 (1857); Humph., " Gen. Brit. Moths," p. 

 9, pi. ii., figs. 3-4(1860); Staud,, " Cat.," ed. 1, p. 16 (1861); ed. 2, p. 37 (1871) ; 

 ed. 3, p. 102 (1901); Wallgrn., " Skand. Het.," i., p. 38 (1863); Ramb., "Cat. 

 Lep. And.," p. 130 (1866); Snell., " De Vlind.," p. 96 (1867); Berce, "Faun. 

 Franc," ii., p. 21 (1868); Nolck., "Lep. Fn. Estl.," i., p. 88 (1868); Newm., 

 "Brit. Moths," p. 7 (1869); Mill., "Cat. Lep. Alp.-Mar.," p. 119 (1872); 

 Cuni y Mart., "Cat. Lep. Bare," p. 39 (1874); Cuv °- "-Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital.," 

 vii., p. in (1875); Butl., "Trans. Zool. Soc. Loud.," ix., pt. 10^.570(1876); 

 Kirby, " Eur. Butts, and Moths," p. 70, pi. xviii., figs, la— b (1879) ; " Cat.," p. 666 

 (1892); Frey, "Lep. Schweiz," p. 57 (1880); Auriv., " Sv. Vet. Hand.," xix., p. 

 138 (1882); "Nord. Pjar.," p. 46 (1889); Weism., "Stud. Theory of Descent," 

 transl. p. 201 (1882); Buck!., "Larvae," &c, ii., p. 30, pi. xxiii (1887); Mina- 

 Pal., "Nat. Sicil.," vii., p. 134 (1888); Barr., "Brit. Lep.," ii., p. 36, pi. 

 xlviii (1895); Meyr., "Handbook," &e, p. 297 (1895); Lucas, "Brit. Hawk. 



