484 BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 



Staud. and Reb. (tton Walker), " Cat.," ed. 3, p. 103, no. 749/ (in part) (1901 ).— 

 j ? . A large and pale form resembling small specimens of nicaea. Mesothoracic 

 tegula with vestige of white upper border, costal margin of forewing with little 

 brown scaling, patch beyond end of cell isolated, very sharply marked, distal marginal 

 area as pale as disc. Underside of body as pale as in centralasiae. Spines of first 

 protarsal segment stout. Larva varying from yellow to black ; two rows of large 

 lateral spots ; very few or no dots, differing in this respect very conspicuously from 

 typical euphorbiae. Hab. Syria and Asia Minor. 3 <j and 7 larvae in Tring Mus., 

 from Beirut (type), and Haifa (Rothschild and Jordan). 



5. [Page 211.] Besides Hyles robertsi, Butl., Rothschild and 

 Jordan treat Piingeler's siehei and Nordmann's costata as subspecies of 

 H. euphorbiae. They also describe another Indian insect as subsp. 

 nervosa. Their descriptions of these are as follows : 



Hyles euphorbia subsp. siehei, Piingeler, " Berl. Ent. Zeits.," xlvii.. 

 p. 235, pi. iii ( c? and ? ) (1903) ; Roths, and Jord., ''Revision of the Sphingidse," 

 p. 720 (1903). — S ?. Mesothoracic tegula with pale upper border. Postal median 

 patch of forewing much reduced on upperside, not distinct below. External spines 

 of first protarsal segment few in number and large, agreeing best with those of the 

 following form (centralasiae, Bienert). Habitat : Bulghar Dagh, Cilicia. June. 

 I j , 1 ? , Tring Museum (Rothschild and Jordan). 



Hyles euphorbia subsp. nervosa, Roths, and Jordan, " Revision of 

 • Sphingidse," p. 721 (1903). — s • Mesothoracic tegula with white upper edge. 

 Abdomen: two black lateral spots; hinge of tergites not white in middle. 

 Forewings : upperside with costal area clay-colour from base to near apex, broadly 

 shaded with black behind from base to M 2> then sinuate ; in this series an indistinct 

 black patch; the patch beyond apex of cell merged together with costal area, less 

 rounded than in tithymati, more so than in costata, edged with black behind ; 

 veins traversing discal band pale like median area as in costata ; marginal band pale. 

 Underside of wings speckled with brown ; cell of forewing brown, the area ending 

 in a blackish patch ; disc of forewing slightly pink, that of hindwing pale pink. 

 Hab.: Sabathu, N.-W. India. Two 3 sin British Museum. Resembling costata; 

 third abdominal segment without indication of a black patch ; underside of wings 

 more pink (Rothschild and Jordan). 



Hylks euphorbiae subsp. costata, Nordm., '• Bull. Mosc," xxiv., 2, 

 p. 444, pi. xi., figs. 3-4 (1851); Staud., "Cat.," 2nd ed., p. 37 (1871) ; 

 3rd ed., p. 103 (1901); Butl., "Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond.," ix., p. 569 (1877); 

 Graes., "Berl. Ent. Zeits.," xxxv., p. 211 (1892); Kirby, "Cat. Lep. Het.," 

 i., p. 665 (1892); Bart., "Pal. Gross-Schmett.." ii., "p. 95 (1899); Roths. 

 & Jord., "Revis. of Sphing.," p. 722, pi. ix., fig. 10 ? (1903)- <? ?. We 

 do not believe this insect is specifically distinct. We have seen only a few. 

 Nordmann's figure is not very exact. Mesothoracic tegula with white upper 

 border. Body above and forewing deep cinnamon-brown ; abdomen with a small 

 brownish-black side-patch on 4th segment as in dahlii. Costal area of forewing 

 broadly brown sharply marked, patch beyond apex of cell merged together 

 with it, narrower than in most forms of euphorbiae ; veins traversing brown 

 discal band pale as in nervosa and certain inanretanica ; inner edge of brown 

 band more straight behind than in the other forms of euphorbiae. Hindwing 

 below with the black submarginal band (so sharply marked in Nordmann's 

 figure) vestigial : body and wings with little red on the undersurface. Early 

 stages not known. Hab: Transbaikalia, Kiachta, Raddefka In the Paris Museum, 

 1 ? from Kiachta (Popoff) (Rothschild & Jordan, " Revision of the Sphingida}," 

 pi. ix., fig. 10., p. 7 22 )- 



Daphnis nerii, Linne (Vol. iv., p. 249). 



[Page 250.] Variation. — There is very little tendency in D 

 nerii towards variation. The colour of the divided pink band 

 may vary from the normal pale to very dark pink. The dark 

 pink is rare. I have two large females of this form. One of 

 them has the second interrupted band, which is usually white, 

 strongly tinged with pink. Another aberration, of which I possess 

 only one specimen, has the pink band almost entirely suffused 

 with green. The depth and extent of the green vary slightly. 



