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1. ZYGiENA RUBICUNDA. 



Alee anticce cyaneo-virescentes, subdiaphance, maculis tribus minia- 

 ceis elangatis, valde dilatatis margineque interiori miniaceo ; 

 posticus miniacece, tenuiter nigro marginatw ; prothorax et 

 humeri lutescentes. 



Sphinx rubicunda, Hubn. Sphing. 137. 



Zygaene erythrus, Boisd. Mon. Zyg. 28, pi. 1, f. 6. Duponchel, 



Suppl. Hist. Nat. Lep. Franc, ii. 32, pi. 4, f. 1. Chenu, Enc. 



d'Hist. Nat. Pap. 247, f. 428. 

 Mesembrynus rubioundus, Hiibn. Ver2. Schmett. 119, 1292. Geyer. 

 Sphinx Polygalae, Esp. ii. pi. 34. Cont. 9, f. 4. 

 Zygaena rubicunda, Duponch. Suppl. Hist. Nat. Lep. Franc, ii. 



147, 172. Freyer, Beitr. Schmett. iii. 13, pi. 200, 344, f. 3. 



Herr.-Sch'dff. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Suppl. ii. 30, 8. 



Hind spot securiform. Internal border of the wings red. 

 South Italy ; Sicily. 



a. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



b. From Dr. Friwaldsky's collection. 



2, Zygaena erythrus. 



Prothorax et humeri lutescentes ; alee anticce cyanea? aut virescentes-> 

 maculis tribus miniaceis, elongatis, dilatatis, margineque in- 

 teriore miniaceo ; posticce miniacece nigro marginatce. 



Sphinx erythrus, Hubn. Sphing. 77, 1, pi. 18, f. 87. 



Sphinx Polygalae, Esp. Schmett. ii. pi. 34. Cont. 9, f. 4. 



Mesembrynus erythrus, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 119, 1291. 



Zygaena erythrus, Ochs. Schmett. von Eur. ii. 21, 1. Treits. Suppl. 

 x. 103. Herr.-Schceff. Samml. Europ. Schmett. Suppl. ii. 30, 

 9, i. Zyg. pi. 6, f. 44. Duponch. Suppl. Hist. Nat. Lep. France, 

 ii. 147, 172. Lederer, Verhandl. Zool. Bot. Ver. Wien. ii. 70. 



Zygaena Saportae, Boisd. Mon. Zyg. Errata, 1. Ind. Meth. Errata, 

 2. Spec. Gen. Lep. pi. 15, f. 7. Duponch. Suppl. Hist. Nat. 

 Lep. France, ii. 34, pi. 4, .1. 



South France. Italy. Sicily. 



3. Zygaena Minos. 



Ala antica cyanece aut virescentes, maculis tribus elongatis, dilatatis 

 sanguineis, posteriore securiformi ; posticce rubrce, margine 

 tenuissimo, cyanescente ; antennce clavatce. 



