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6. Deilephila galii. 



Sphinx galii, Fabricius, Sp. Ins. ii. p. 147. no. 33 (1781). 



Hyles galii, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 137. no. 1470(1816). 



Deilephila galii, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. i. p. 125. 2, pi. 12. fig. 2 (1828). 



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



Europe {Becker). B.M. 



Larva described by Newman and Buckler (1870). 



7. Deilephila cham^enerii. 



Deilephila chamatnerii, Harris, Cat. N.-Am. Sph., Sill. Journ. p. 305 (1839). 

 Sphinx epilobii, Harris (nee Boisd.), Cat. p. 530 (1833). 

 Deilephila galii (port), Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 166. no. 4 (1856). 



West Canada (Bush); York Factory (Bae); United States (Boubleday). B.M. 



There is an example of this species in the British cabinet from the Stephensian Col- 

 lection ; other American species are also in this collection. 



According to Strecker (Canad. Ent. iv. p. 206) D. chamamerii is =B. galii. 



8. Deilephila intermedia. 



Deilephila intermedia, Kirby, Fauna Amer.-Bor. vol. iv. p. 302(1837). 

 " Canada " (Kirby). 



9. Deilephila calverleti. 



Deilephila calverleyi, Grote, Notes Cub. Sph., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. p. 56, pi. 1. fig. 4(1865). 

 "Tropical Insular District" (Grote). 



10. Deilephila costata. 



Sphinx {Deilephila) costata, Nordmann, Bull. Soc. Imp. Mosc. ii. p. 444, pi. xi. figs. 3, 4 (1851). 



" Neighbourhood of Kjachta" (Popoff). 



Somewhat like B. chamcenerii, but the tapering discal band intersected by white ner- 

 vures. 



11. Deilephila dahlii. 



Sphinx dahlii, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. x., Suppl. p. 132 ; Hiibner, Samml. eur. Schmett. ii. pi. 36. 



figs. 161-164. 

 Deilephila dahlii, Rambur, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, p. 266 (1832). 



"Emo^e (Becker) ; South Europe (Pierret). B.M. 



We have what appears to be a hybrid between this species and B. euphorbia (not 

 unlike Godart's figure of B. tithymali, although utterly unlike Boisduval's) ; it 

 approaches very close to B. lathyrus of AValker, from North India, chiefly differing, in 



fact, in its more vivid colouring. 



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