64 LEPrDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Sphinx, p., Esp. ; H'ubn. ; Borkh. 



Anthrocera, Scop. Intr. Hist. Nat. i. 414 ; Steph.; Westw. 



Zygaenae, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 116. 



In the Zygaenae there are many local varieties which have been 

 named, and the synonyms of the species of this genus are compli- 

 cated; they have been registered by Boisduval and by Herrick- 

 SchaefTer, and the unravelling of them by the latter author is very 

 contradictory to that of the former. The deficiencies in the quota- 

 tions in this list will be supplied as soon as opportunities occur for 

 ascertaining the most correct nomenclature. 



Herrich-Schaffer's Synopsis of the Species : — 



a. Alae posticae morse (in varietatibus interdum flavae). 



b. Alarum anticarum maculae nee albo nee flavo marginatae. 



c. Maculae non nigro cinctae. 



d. Alae anticae maculis tribus longitudinalibus. 



e. Maculae confluxae solum limbum nigrum relinquentes. 



1. rubicund us. 



ee. Alarum anticarum margo interior a basi versus medium 

 rufus. 



2. erythrus. 

 eee. Alarum anticarum margo interior niger. 



f. Macula media magna versus angulum ani dilatatione securi- 



form i. 



3. Minos. 4. Punctum. 5. Keferstienii, 



ff. Macula media cuneiformis, interior bis trientum longitudinis 

 alarum non superafc 



6. Brizae. 



dd. Alae anticae maculis 3, 4 aut 5, apicali rotundata. 



e. Antennae sensim incrassatae, acutae. 



7. Scabiosae. 8. Triptolemus. 

 ee. Antennae clava magna, obtusa. 



f. Abdomen sine cingulo rubro. 



g. Maculae 3a et 5a separatae, 3a elongato-ovalis ; alarum pos- 



ticarum limbus latissime aequilate nigricans. 



9. Orion. 



gg. Macula 3a nulla; alarum posticarum limbus tenue niger. 



10. Contaminei. 



f f. Abdomen cingulo rubro. 



11. Sarpedon. 12. Balearica. 13. Uralensis. 

 ddd. Alae anticae maculis 5, 5a magna reniformi. 



14. Achilleae. 

 ddd. Alae anticae maculis 5, 5a simplici. 

 e. Abdomen cingulo rubro. 



