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CATALOGUE OF 
5. Deilephila Tithymali. 
Abdomen ctngulis dnabus nigris ; alee anticce olivacece fascia 
venisque postice albis ; posticce nigree fascia media margineque 
exteriore rubris. 
Deilephila Tithymali, Boisd. Icon. Hist. Lep. Spiting. 30 pi 51 
f. 1 ; Ind. Meth. 47, 386. F ” ’ P ’ 
South Spain. Canary Isles. 
6. Deilephila Zy’gophylli. 
Alee anticce olivacece , vitta angusta inaquali sublineari albida ; 
posticce nigree fascia media margineque exteriore rubro incar - 
natis. 
Sphinx Zvgophylli, Ochs. Schmelt. von Eur. iii. 226, 5. Hubn 
Sphing. pi. 27, f. 125. Meig. Syst. Besch. Eur. Sclimett. ii. 
140, 9. 
Deilephila Zygophylli, Boisd. Icon. Hist. Lep. Sphing. 32, 8, pi. 
51, f. 2. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. Suppl. ii. 20, pi. 3, f. 1. 
Shores of the Caspian. 
7. Deilephila Nic^a. 
Viridi-fusca, subtus roseo-albida ; capitis thoracisque latera alba ; 
palpi apice albi ; abdominis dimidium basale lateribus albidis 
nigro quadrimaculatis , segmenta posteriora maculis transversis 
albidis ; alee basi albce ; anticce testa cece plaga basali , maculis 
duabus ant.icis lineaque obliqua postice dilatata viridi-fuscis ; 
posticce subrosece , basi vittaque nigris. 
Sphinx Nicaea, De Prun . Lep. Pedem. 173. Hubn. Sphing. 115. 
Ochs. Schmett. Eur. God. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. iii. 171 pi. 17 
f. 1. Meig. Syst . Besch. Eur. Schmett. ii. 139, 8. 
Sphinx Cyparissae, Hubn. Sphing. f. 115. 
Hyles Nicea, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 137, 1474. 
Deilephila Nicasa, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 47, 381. 
This species is especially distinguished from D. Lathyri by its 
larger size, by the more abrupt flexure of the stripe on the fore 
wings, and by the hind wings where the black colour extends from 
the base along the costa till it joins the hinder stripe. 
a—c. South Europe. From M. Beeler’s collection. 
