72 LEPIDOPTERA HETliROCERA. 



Hind spot rounded. Two basal spots straitened or interrupted. 



Dauphine. Pyrenees. Prussia. Sweden. Austria. Hungary, 

 Russia. Italy. Sicily. 



b b. Internal basal spot longitudinal, external one short. 

 Lycastae, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 118, 1285. 



12. Zyg^ena Sarpedon. 



Alee antiece subdiaphana, plumb eo-ccerulescentes aut virescentes, ni- 

 tidce, maculis tribus elongatis, rubris ; posticce diaphance, 

 rubra, dilatiores, margine latiori, sinuato, plumbeo ; abdomen 

 cingulo rubro ; antenna clavaice, nigricantes ; thorax villoso- 

 grisescens. 



Zygsena Sarpedon, Ochs. Schmett. von Eur. ii. 38, 8. God. Pap. 



de France, iii. 141, pi. 22, 8. Boisd. Mon. Zyg. 40, pi. 2, f. 



7,8. Ramb. Faune Andalus. pi. 12, f. 8. De Graslin, Ann. 



Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Ser. yii. Bull, ixxxiii. Herr.-Schceff. 



Samml. Eur. Schmett. Suppl. ii. 33. 18, 1. Zyg.pl. 7, 



f. 51. 

 Sphinx Sarpedon, Hubn. Sphing. 83, 25, pi. 2, f. 9, (mas). Borkh. 



Rhein. Magaz. i. B, 629, 9. 

 Sphinx trimaculata, Esp. Schmett. ii. 16, pi. 40. Cont. 15, f. 



Zygaena Cynaraa, God. Pap. de France, iii. 139, pi. 22, 7. 

 Lycastes Sarpedon, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 118, 1285. 



(Vix varietas). 



Wings half transparent. Abdomen with a red band. 



South France, Pyrenees, Spain, Portugal. 

 a, b. ? From M. Becker's collection. 



Var. Alee antiece cyanece aut virescentes, subdiaphance, maculis 

 duabus elongatis, maculaque dilatata subsecuriformis ad api- 

 cem ; posticce subdiaphance rubrce, limbo lato, cyaneo ; abdo- 

 men cwgulatum. 



