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  alis 
  superioribus 
  pone 
  marginem 
  posticum 
  fasciis 
  duabis 
  fuscis 
  

  

  interruptis. 
  

  

  " 
  Habitat 
  in 
  Iberia." 
  

  

  (Placed 
  between 
  piniaria 
  and 
  atoniaria 
  as 
  a 
  var. 
  of 
  the 
  former.) 
  

  

  Staudinger 
  considers 
  this 
  as 
  the 
  form 
  orientaria 
  with 
  a 
  query. 
  

  

  The 
  description 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  agree 
  with 
  jmiiaria. 
  It 
  is 
  possibly 
  

  

  an 
  atoniaria 
  form. 
  

  

  Hubner's 
  figures. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  always 
  both 
  necessary 
  and 
  interesting 
  to 
  consult 
  the 
  figures 
  

   in 
  the 
  works 
  of 
  the 
  illustrious 
  Hiibner. 
  

  

  Of 
  Ematurqa 
  atoxmria 
  there 
  are 
  five 
  figures 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  female. 
  

   (« 
  Samm.," 
  "Geom.," 
  figs. 
  128, 
  131, 
  136, 
  526, 
  527.) 
  

  

  136. 
  Of 
  the 
  average 
  Continental 
  size, 
  not 
  the 
  small 
  British 
  $ 
  

   size. 
  Ground 
  colour 
  dark, 
  no 
  yellow 
  tinge 
  apparent, 
  the 
  lighter 
  

   ground 
  subdued 
  by 
  minute 
  powdering. 
  Transverse 
  lines 
  well 
  

   defined 
  and 
  comparatively 
  dark. 
  

  

  [131. 
  Named 
  (jlarearia, 
  has 
  yellowish 
  ground, 
  transverse 
  lines 
  

   (not 
  bands) 
  well 
  defined, 
  of 
  somewhat 
  larger 
  size 
  than 
  fig. 
  128, 
  

   especially 
  the 
  hindwings.] 
  

  

  526. 
  Has 
  lighter 
  ground 
  than 
  fig. 
  131, 
  but 
  not 
  white 
  as 
  in 
  fig. 
  

   128, 
  and 
  about 
  one 
  third 
  of 
  line 
  4 
  on 
  the 
  forewings, 
  and 
  of 
  line 
  3 
  

   on 
  the 
  hindwings 
  are 
  obsolescent. 
  

  

  128. 
  Named 
  roseidaria, 
  has 
  white 
  ground 
  as 
  in 
  many 
  British 
  

   examples 
  and 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  shape 
  of 
  wings 
  also 
  accords 
  with 
  British 
  

   specimens. 
  

  

  527. 
  Is 
  an 
  underside. 
  

  

  British 
  Museum 
  Series. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  series 
  only 
  two 
  named 
  races 
  are 
  recognised, 
  

   viz., 
  var. 
  orientaria 
  and 
  var. 
  iinicoloraria. 
  The 
  Continental 
  

   specimens 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  Zeller, 
  Frey, 
  and 
  Leech 
  collections 
  mainly. 
  

  

  The 
  specimens 
  are 
  all 
  larger 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  races, 
  

   especially 
  so 
  are 
  the 
  females, 
  which 
  more 
  approach 
  the 
  males 
  in 
  size, 
  

   in 
  marking, 
  and 
  in 
  shade 
  of 
  ground 
  colour. 
  While 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  

   males 
  are 
  as 
  dark 
  as 
  the 
  average 
  males 
  taken 
  in 
  Britain. 
  Thus 
  

   the 
  sexual 
  dimorphism 
  in 
  colour 
  and 
  size 
  is 
  much 
  less 
  conspicuous 
  

   in 
  Continental 
  races. 
  

  

  The 
  series 
  from 
  the 
  Amur 
  varies 
  but 
  little 
  from 
  the 
  European 
  

   forms, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  individuals 
  are 
  somewhat 
  larger, 
  and 
  that 
  

   the 
  males 
  are 
  all 
  on 
  the 
  light 
  side 
  and 
  the 
  markings 
  are 
  not 
  cleanly 
  

   cut 
  but 
  very 
  fuzzy. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  examples 
  from 
  Norway 
  which 
  are 
  remarkable 
  as 
  

   differing 
  so 
  diametrically 
  from 
  the 
  high 
  northern 
  dark 
  race 
  

   obsoletaria, 
  Zett., 
  being 
  very 
  light 
  and 
  having 
  only 
  line 
  4 
  on 
  the 
  

   forewings 
  and 
  line 
  3 
  on 
  the 
  hindwings 
  which 
  are 
  practically 
  the 
  only 
  

   markings. 
  A 
  quite 
  striking 
  aberration, 
  or 
  local 
  race. 
  

  

  