AGRIUS. 329 



Dramburg, Stettiu (Heriag), Grimmer district, Anclam, Stralsund, Wiesbaden 

 (Homeyer), Brunswick, not rare (Heinemann), Hanover, often common 

 (Glitz), Frankfort-on-Oder (Kretschmer), Eutin (Dahl), Braunfels (Sich), Chemnitz 

 (Fabst), Elberfeld (Weymer), Hildesheim (Grote), Heligoland (Gatke), Berlin 

 district, common (Pfiitzner), Potsdam, Magdeburg, Schwerin, Holstein, Isle Sylt, 

 Crefeld, Barmen, Cassel, Leipzig, Geva, Rempten, Fraukfort-ou-Main, 

 Rudesheim, Wetterau, Bad Neuheim, Trier, Bavarian Palatinate 

 (teste Bartel), Alsace— Colmar, Alulhausen (Peyerimhoff), Baden — Constance, 

 Ueberlingeu, Carlsruhe, Mannheim, Mayence (Reutti). Italy : pretty fre- 

 quent throughout (Curd), Modena — Fiumalbo (Fiori), Roman Campagna 

 (Calberla), Sicily — Monreale, Palermo (Mann), Lombardy, Piedmont, Liguria, 

 Sardinia, Tuscany — Lucca, Pisa, Florence ^Mann teste Bartel). Nether- 

 lands : pretty common throughout (Snellen), Zevenhuizen (Lechner), Breda 

 (Heylaerts). Portugal [teste Bartel). Koumania : very rare — Costischa, 

 Comanesti, Jasi, Tulcea-in-Dobrudscha (Caradja). Russia: Baltic provinces, 

 throughout (Nolcken), Livonia — Dorpat {teste Bartel), Moscow govt. (Albrecht), 

 Transcaucasia, rather rare — Borjom, Tifiis, Derbendt (Romanoff), Crimea 

 (Melioransky), Volga district (Eversmann), St. Petersburg (Erschoft), Gorki, 

 Poltawa district — Lubny, Aluschta {teste Bartel), Kasau district, Saratov, Ural 

 district, Orenburg district, Sarepta (Eversmann). Scandinavia : common up to 

 6o° N. lat., found as far north as Helsingdand, where it is very rare (Aurivillius), 

 Upland, west coast at least as far" as Gotheberg, &c. (Wallengren), Norway — 

 frequent, Christiania, Drommen, Skien, &c. (Siebke), Sweden — Scania, Norway — 

 southern parts (Lampa), Lyngor (Strand). Spain : central Spain (Staudinger). 

 Switzerland : only in the valleys — St. Gallen, very common (Taschler), Berne, 

 not rare (Meisner), near Bremgarten (Boll), Wiggerthal, the Engelberg in Jura, 

 in the Aarthal from Morgenthal to Coblenz, Lenzburg, Born, the upper 

 Hauenstein, Vevey (Wullschlegel), the Valais (Riggenbach), Neuenstadt, not 

 common (Couleru), near Schiipfen, rare (Rothenbach),near Zurich (Frey), Winterthur 

 (Biedermann), Schafthausen (Trapp), Weissenburg (Huguenin), Grisons (Killias), 

 Basle, Bechburg — near Oensingen (Riggenbach-Stehlin), Berne (Hiltbold), Thun 

 (Jordan), Zurich (Nageli), Glarus (Speyer). Turkey : Eastern Roumelia — near 

 Slivna {teste Bartel). 



Tribe : Agriidi. 



Genus : Agrius, Hiibner. 



Synonymy. — Genus : Agrius, Hb., " Verz.," p. 140 (circ. 1822); Stephs., 

 " Illus. Haust.," iv., app. p. 5 (1835); '-List Br. An. Brit. Mus.," v., p. 27 

 (1850); Tutt, "Brit. Lep.," hi., p. 355 (1902). Sphinx, Linn., " Sys. Nat.," 

 xth ed., p. 490 (1758); xiith ed., p. 798 (1767); '-Mus. Ludov. Ulric," p. 345 

 (1764); Poda, "Ins. Mus. Graec," p. 80 ^1761) ; Scop., " Ent. Cam.," p. 184 

 (1763); Hufn., "Bed. Mag.," ii., p. 176 (1766); Fab., "Sys. Ent.," p. 544 

 0775); "Spec. Ins.," ii., p. 150 (1781) ; " Mant. Ins.," ii., p. 97 (1787); "Ent. 

 Sys.," hi., pt. 1, p. 374 (1793); [SchifF.,] " Schmett. Wien.," ed. i,p. 41 (1775); 

 ed. 2, p. 9 (1801); Esp., "Schmett. Eur.," ii., p. 52, pi. v., rigs. I — 3 

 (1779); Bergstr., " Sphing. Eur. Larv.," p. 5 (1782) ; Bkh., "Sys. Besch.," 

 ii., p. 9; (1789); Brahm, " Insectenkal.," ii., pt. 1, p. 522 (1791); F. J. A. D. 

 "Rhein. Mag.," p. 318 (1793) ; Hb., "Eur. Schmett.," rig. 70 (circ. 1800); text 

 p. 98 (1805); "Larvae Lep.," ii., Legit. C. b. rig. la-b, and C. c. fig. la. 

 (circ. 1800) ; Lam., " Syst. An. sans Vert.," pp. 281, 282 (1801) ; Schrk., 

 "Faun. Boica," ii., pt. 1, p. 223 (1801); Latr., "Hist Nat.," in., p. 401 

 (1802); xiv., p. 130 (1805); "Gen. Crust.," iv., p. 210 (1809); Haw., "Lep. 

 Brit., ' i., p. 58 (1803) ; Ochs., " Die Schmett.," ii., p. 236 (1808); iv., p. 44 (1816) ; 

 Leach, " Ency.Edinb.," ix., p. 131 (1815); Dalm., "K.Vet. Ac. Handl.,"p. 213(1816) ; 

 Sam., " Ent. Comp.," p. 244 (1819) ; Godt., " Hist. Nat.," hi., p. 26, pi. xvi (1820-1); 

 Stphs., "Illus.," i., p. 119 (1828); " Cat. Br. Ins.," pt. 2, p. 31 (1829) ; Bdv., "Eur. 

 Lep. Ind. Meth.," p. 33 (1829); "Gen. et Ind. Meth.," p. 48 (1840); " Sp. Gen. 

 Lep. Het.," i., p. 94 (1875); Mei g-> "Eur. Schmett.," ii., p. 144(1830); Wood, 

 "Ind. Ent.," p. 12, fig. 11 (1839); Dup., " Hist. Nat.," supp. ii., p. 157 (1835; ; 

 "Icon. Chen.," pi. i., fig. 2 {circ. 1840); "Cat. Meth.," p. 41 (1844); Westd. & 

 Humph., "Brit. Moths," p. 12 (1842); Evers., "Faun. Volg.-Ural.," pp. 108— 

 112 (1844); Assm., "Schmett. Schles.," ii., p. ^7, pi. xiv., fig. 39«— e (1845) ; 

 H.-Sch., "Sys. Bearb.," ii., p. 90 (1846); Heydenr., "Cat.," p. 18 (1851); 

 Brem. & Grey, " Schmett.-Faun. des Nord. Chin.," p. 11 (1853); Walk., "List 

 Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus.," viii., p. 212 (1856); Sta., " Man.," i., p. 89 (1857); Speyer, 

 "Geog. Verb.," i., p 322 (1858); ii., p. 280(1862); Hein., " Schmett. Deutsch./' 



