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  imagines 
  not 
  differing 
  much 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  Amorpha 
  hybr. 
  metis, 
  Aust., 
  

   the 
  reciprocal 
  cross 
  between 
  these 
  Algerian 
  species. 
  

  

  5. 
  Smerinthus 
  hybr. 
  fringsi, 
  Stdfss. 
  (atlanticus 
  J 
  xpopuli 
  $ 
  ) 
  

   (antea, 
  iii., 
  pp. 
  393-394), 
  somewhat 
  smaller 
  than 
  A. 
  hybr. 
  metis 
  ; 
  

   both 
  sexes 
  of 
  the 
  hybrid 
  were 
  reared. 
  

  

  6. 
  Amorpha 
  hybr. 
  metis, 
  Ausfc. 
  (austauti 
  $ 
  X 
  atlanticus 
  $ 
  ) 
  {antea 
  

   iii., 
  pp. 
  394-5), 
  a 
  hybrid 
  with 
  parentage 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  A. 
  hybr. 
  

   inversa 
  and 
  like 
  that, 
  accordiDg 
  to 
  Austaut, 
  exceedingly 
  difficult 
  to 
  

   obtain. 
  

  

  7. 
  Amorpha 
  hybr. 
  inversa, 
  Tutt 
  (populi 
  $ 
  xocellata 
  2) 
  (antea 
  iii., 
  

   pp. 
  395-396, 
  495), 
  exceedingly 
  rare 
  and 
  difficult 
  to 
  obtain 
  ; 
  the 
  imagines 
  

   are 
  nearer 
  to 
  A. 
  populi 
  that 
  is 
  S. 
  hybr. 
  hybridus, 
  but 
  have 
  traces 
  of 
  the 
  

   ocellated 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  wings. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  till 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  

   of 
  1902 
  (March 
  20th 
  and 
  May 
  11th), 
  that 
  Standfuss 
  succeeded 
  in 
  

   rearing 
  Amorpha 
  hybr. 
  inversa. 
  Whether 
  earlier 
  breedings 
  took 
  place 
  

   is 
  open 
  to 
  question, 
  at 
  any 
  rate 
  this 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  first 
  recorded 
  

   one. 
  

  

  Eumorphid^e 
  : 
  — 
  1. 
  Theretra 
  hybr. 
  standfussi, 
  Bart, 
  (porcellus 
  g 
  X 
  

   elpenor 
  $ 
  ) 
  (antea, 
  iv., 
  46), 
  one 
  specimen 
  reared 
  from 
  a 
  larva 
  found 
  at 
  

   large 
  with 
  others 
  on 
  Epilobium, 
  and 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  Eumorpha 
  elpenor, 
  

   a 
  second 
  single 
  specimen 
  afterwards 
  bred 
  by 
  Rossi. 
  

  

  2. 
  Turneria 
  hybr. 
  vespertilioides, 
  Bdv. 
  ( 
  = 
  amelia, 
  Feisth.)" 
  (hippo- 
  

   phaes 
  J 
  x 
  vespertilio 
  ? 
  ) 
  (antea, 
  iv., 
  pp. 
  49-51, 
  481-482), 
  described 
  by 
  

   Boisduval 
  and 
  Feisthamel 
  almost 
  simultaneously 
  from 
  larvae 
  found 
  near 
  

   Grenoble. 
  

  

  3. 
  Hyles 
  hybr. 
  EmLOBii^dy. 
  (eupliorbiae 
  $ 
  x 
  vespertilio 
  2 
  ) 
  (antea, 
  iv., 
  

   pp. 
  46-49), 
  reared 
  from 
  captured 
  larva? 
  which 
  resembled 
  those 
  of 
  

   eupliorbiae, 
  but 
  fed 
  on 
  Epilobium, 
  and 
  reported 
  from 
  Hiiningen 
  in 
  

   Alsace, 
  Basle 
  and 
  the 
  Yalais 
  in 
  Switzerland, 
  Bozen 
  and 
  Vienna 
  in 
  

   Austria, 
  Lyons 
  in 
  France. 
  

  

  4. 
  Hyles 
  hybr. 
  eugeni, 
  Mory 
  (? 
  epilobii 
  $ 
  x 
  vespertilio 
  $ 
  ) 
  (antea, 
  iv., 
  

   pp. 
  51-52), 
  bred 
  from 
  larva? 
  taken 
  with 
  normal 
  larva? 
  of 
  T. 
  vespertilio, 
  

   but 
  differing 
  from 
  them 
  in 
  coloration, 
  markings 
  and 
  presence 
  of 
  a 
  

   short 
  caudal 
  horn. 
  The 
  latter 
  character 
  certainly 
  suggests 
  hybridity, 
  

   but 
  there 
  must 
  be 
  always 
  great 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  epilobii 
  being 
  the 
  $ 
  parent 
  

   in 
  nature. 
  

  

  5. 
  Hyles 
  hybr. 
  lippei, 
  Mory 
  (? 
  emjeni 
  ? 
  x 
  vespertilio 
  $ 
  ) 
  (antea, 
  iv., 
  

   pp. 
  52-53), 
  bred 
  from 
  larva? 
  found 
  at 
  Hiiningen 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  eur/eni 
  

   above 
  ; 
  the 
  particular 
  larva? 
  that 
  produced 
  them 
  were 
  unrecognised 
  as 
  

   being 
  different 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  and 
  the 
  nearer 
  resemblance 
  of 
  the 
  imagines 
  

   to 
  vespertilio 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  suggested 
  the 
  assumed 
  parentage. 
  

  

  6. 
  Hyles 
  hybr. 
  pauli, 
  Mory 
  (? 
  eupliorbiae 
  $ 
  x 
  hippophaes 
  $ 
  ) 
  (antea, 
  

   iv., 
  p. 
  53), 
  described 
  from 
  an 
  imago 
  bred 
  from 
  a 
  pupa 
  obtained 
  from 
  

   a 
  larva 
  taken 
  near 
  Sion, 
  no 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  larva 
  being 
  made. 
  The 
  

   parentage 
  is 
  guessed 
  from 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  imago. 
  

  

  7. 
  Celerio 
  hybr. 
  phileuphorbia, 
  Miitz. 
  (? 
  r/allii 
  $ 
  X 
  eupliorbiae 
  $ 
  ), 
  

   bred 
  from 
  a 
  larva 
  quite 
  like 
  that 
  of* 
  C. 
  gallii, 
  but 
  the 
  imago 
  came 
  

   nearer 
  in 
  appearance 
  to 
  eupliorbiae 
  than 
  gallii. 
  

  

  The 
  value 
  of 
  this 
  latter 
  evidence 
  is 
  small 
  compared 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  * 
  Guillemot 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr., 
  1856, 
  p. 
  29) 
  throws 
  doubt 
  on 
  the 
  hybrid 
  origin 
  

   of 
  epilobii 
  and 
  vespertilioides, 
  and 
  asks 
  " 
  Who 
  is 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  very 
  rare 
  

   varieties 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  descended 
  ? 
  ' 
  ' 
  

  

  