SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS OF VOLS. I TO IV. 



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273 

 273 



PAGE 

 oblique stripes. — Imaginal 

 scales on abdomen, 271. Hiib- 

 ner's grouping, 272. Tribal 

 divisions 



Hyloicidi 



Imaginal and pupal characters 

 more generalised, 273; larval 

 characters more specialised. — 

 Phylogeny of Hyloicus. — Larval 

 markings. — Erinnyids formerly 

 attached to Hyloicids 



Hyloicus 



H. pinastri 



(abs. fasciata, asiaticus, sanipt 

 var. (?) caligineus 



Sphinx 



274 

 274 

 276 



n 2: 



ligustri 

 Names of colour-vars. 

 (ab. spiraeas 

 vars. amurensis 

 constricta) 



Agrius 



A. convolvuli . . 



Names of colour-vars. 



(ab. alicea, vars. batatas, 



orientalis 



roseafasciata 



tahitiensis, pseudo-convolvuli, 



nigricans) 



Manducidi 



Position of Manducids.— Views 

 of Rothschild and Jordan 

 on classification of Sphingids, 

 393. Union of Agriids and 

 Manducids by Rothschild and 

 Jordan ; criticism thereof, 394. 

 Larva. — Reaumur on pupal pro- 

 boscis, 394 (note) ; Chapman on 

 ditto, 395 (note). — Correct no- 

 menclature 



Manduca 



Characters, 396. Comparison 

 of Manducid species 



M. atropos 



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 296 

 298 

 300 

 300 

 301 

 302 



3 2 9 

 330 

 334 



335 

 336 



337 

 393 



395 

 395 



397 



398 



PAGE. 

 . . 402 



.. 403 

 .. 472 

 of 



• • 472 



472 



473 



(M. styx, M. medusa . . 

 (?) ab. sculda) 



Appendix 



Mimas tiliae — development 

 larval markings 

 Smerinthus ocellata (ditto) 

 Amorpha populi (ab. subflava 

 ab. decorata) ; development of 

 larval markings . . . . 474 



Hemaris tityus (var. alaiana); 

 ontogeny of larva . . . . 475 



Sesia stellatarum — ontogeny 

 and variation of larva . . . 479 



Eumorphinse . . . . . . 48 1 



Turneria hybr. amelia (=ves- 

 pertilioides) .. .. ..481 



Phryxus livornica (var. livorni- 

 coides) . . . . . . . . 482 



Hyles euphorbias — views of 

 Rothschild & Jordan . . . . 482 



(ab. restricta, vars. paralias, 

 esulse, lathyrus, subsp. (?) con- 

 spicua . . . . . . . . 483 



subsp. (?) siehei, nervosa, cos- 

 tata) . . . . . . . . 484 



Daphnis nerii — variation, . . . . 484 



egg-laying, ovum, habits of 

 larva, . . . . . . . . 485 



ontogeny of larva, . . . . 488 



larva, . . . . . . . . 489 



variation of larva, cocoon, . . 491 



pupa, 492 



pupal development, . . . . 495 



parasites, habits of imago, .. 496 

 times of appearance . . . 497 



Manduca atropos — variation, tera- 



tological examples . . . . 498 



Phryxus livornica — partial ontogeny 



of larva . . . . . . 499 



cocoon, pupa, and habits of 

 imago .. ., .. .. 501 



Catalogue of Palaearctic Sphin- 



gides . . . . . , . . 502 



