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exceedingly variable species have yet been recorded from the continent. 



A. AGATHiNA AB. KOSEA, TuTT. — Suffused with rose colour. A. 

 VAR. HEBRiDicoLA, Staud. — Paler grey, scarcely red-tinged. 



A. suBRosEA, Stphs. — The red type of this species was character- 

 istically British. It is now supposed to be extinct. The continental 

 forms are much greyer and are known as var. subcaerulca. 



A. coRTicEA AB. cLAviGERus, Haw. — Pale whitish-giey form. A. 

 AB. virgata- PALLIDA, TuTT. — Basal and outer areas black. A. abs. 

 suBFuscus, Haw. , obsoleta-fusca, Tutt, irrorata-fusca, Tutt. — Fuscous 

 forms not yet recorded from the continent. A. abs. brunnea, Tutt, 

 brunnea-virgata, Tutt, venosa, Tutt, transversa, Tutt, nigra, Tutt. 

 — Suli'used and melanic aberrations not yet recorded from the continent. 

 Dark forms, however, are recorded from north-eastern Asia. 



A. exclamationis ab. pallida, Tutt. — Pale whitish-grey. One 

 suspects the eastern Asiatic form, var. scvcna, Alph., to be close to this. 



A. AB. picEA, Haw, Blackish-grey. A. ab. eufescens, Tutt. — Ground 



colour, reddish-grey. A. ab. obsoleta, Tutt. — Without transverse 

 lines or stigmata. 



A. ciNEREA AB. PALLIDA, TuTT (tephrina, Staud.). — Clear ground 

 colour, markings distinct, hind wings pale, often quite white in the 

 males. 



A. Rip^ AB. brunnea, Tutt. — Of a deep reddish-ochreous tint, 

 Yorks. A. AB. grisea, Tutt. — Dai-k grey much suffused with 

 blackish scales ; Lincolnshire coast. 



A. PUTA ab. nigra, Tutt. — An extreme female form of uni- 

 colorous black colour. 



A. ASHWoRTHii, Dbldy. — This species is represented on the conti- 

 nent by var. (?) canddaniin, Stgr. iSchoyen records a very similar form 

 to the British one from Scandinavia. The ab. virgata, Tutt, has a 

 blackish-brown transverse band crossing the wing. 



A. LucERNEA VAR. (et AB.) RENiGERA, Btephs. — A dark mclanic race 

 confined to the Pennines, Cumbrian mountains and Scotland. 



A. siMULANs AB. LATENs, Stephs. — The most extreme melanic form 

 of this species. [One suspects the western Asiatic form, vihirica, Stand., 

 to be ab. siiff'nm, Tutt, or closely allied thereto.] 



A. oBscuRA AB. suFFusA, TuTT. — Extreme blackish-fuscous form. 



Lycophotia strigula var. SUFFUSA, Tutt. — The large dark Shetland 

 race of this species, larger, darker, without red. 



TriphjEna comes ab. rufescens, Tutt. — Forewings unicolorous pale 

 reddish. T. ab. rufa, Tutt, is an extreme development of a deep 

 bright red colour, only found in Scotland. T. ab. consequa. Curt, 

 (cuetisii, Newm). — Another Scotch form, very dark brown in colour, 

 with a distinct red costa. T. ab. nigra, Tutt.- — An extreme melanic 

 form found in Scotland, the posterior and anterior wings almost 

 uniformly black. T. ab. virgata, Ttitt. — Reddish-brown, with a 

 distinct dark central band. 



T. pronuba ab. CiERULEscENs, TuTT. — Slaty-grey ground colour. 



ExoBNis AUGUR AB. HELVETiNA, Kna(;gs. — A Very pale form of 

 aiujur added to the British list by Knaggs, as the well-known 

 continental species lidcctina. 



NocTUA CASTANEA AB. PALLIDA, TuTT. — Pale ochieous-yellow ground 

 colour with characteristic markings outlined in red. N. ab. xanthe, 

 Wool forde. — Quite yellow ground colour. 



