570 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPHINGID^. 



12. Deilephila TITHYMALI. 

 Deilephila tithymali, Boisduval, Icon. Hist. Lep., Spli. p. 30, pi. 51. fig. 1 (1832). 



Canaries ( Wollaston). B.M. 



Possibly a variety of the preceding, but without the third black spot on each side of 

 the abdomen, and with the band of primaries sometimes narrower. 



- ' 13. Deilephila mauritanica. 



Deilephila mauritanica, Staudinger, Cat. Lep. Europ. Faun. i. p. 36. no. 466 (1871). 



Deilephila tithymali, Bellier (nee Boisd.), Ann. Soc.Ent. France, p. 45 (1848), p. 488, pis. ii., iii. (1858) . 



Deilephila euphorbia, Lucas, Expl. Alg. p. 370, pi. ii. fig. 8 (1848). 



Mauritania; Madeira. 



14. Deilephila ztgophtlli. 



Sphinx zygophylli, Ochsenheimer, Eur. Schmett. iii. p. 226. no. 5 ; Hiibner, Samtnl. europ. Schmett. 



pi. 27. fig. 125. 

 Deilephila zygophylli, Boisduval, Icon. Hist. Lep., Sph. p. 32. no. 8, pi. 51. fig. 2 (1832) . 



Shores of the Caspian. 



Allied to D. tithymali, but smaller. 



O f 15. Deilephila euphorbia. 



Sphinx euphorbia, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 802. no. 19 (1766). 

 Hyles euphorbia, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 137. no. 1475 (1816). 

 Deilephila euphorbia, Curtis, Brit. Ent. i. pi. 3 (1823-40). 



Europe (Becker). B.M. 



16. Deilephila lathyrus. 



Deilephila lathyrus, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 172. no. 16 (1856). 



North India. Type, B.M. 



xVpparently a very common species. 



17. Deilephila nklea. 



Sphinx nicaa, De Prunner, Lep. Pedemont. p. 85 (1798). 

 Deilephila nicaa, Boisduval, Ind. Meth. p. 47. no. 381. 

 Hyles nicea (sic), Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 137. no. 1474 (1816). 

 Sphinx cyparissia, Hiibner, Samml. eur. Schmett. ii. pi. 24. fig. 115. 



South Europe (Becker). B.M. 



