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  unicolorous 
  specimens, 
  without 
  markings, 
  whether 
  they 
  are 
  

   ochreous, 
  brown 
  or 
  red-brown, 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  belonging 
  to 
  

   this 
  aberration. 
  Some 
  examples, 
  obviously 
  belonging 
  here 
  show 
  

   the 
  merest 
  trace 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  streak 
  or 
  a 
  median 
  row 
  of 
  minute 
  

   white 
  strigulsB. 
  

  

  Ab. 
  riifiinitrella, 
  Stephens, 
  "111." 
  vol. 
  iv., 
  p. 
  340. 
  Wood, 
  fig. 
  1542. 
  

   Stephen 
  says, 
  " 
  Wings 
  dusky 
  black, 
  shining, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   variegated 
  with 
  fuscous 
  or 
  darker 
  clouds, 
  forehead 
  red. 
  Some 
  

   examples 
  more 
  varied 
  than 
  others. 
  Not 
  very 
  uncommon 
  in 
  the 
  

   Metropolitan 
  district 
  in 
  autumn." 
  The 
  type 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  

   British 
  Museum 
  is 
  now 
  deep 
  brown, 
  lighter 
  towards 
  the 
  costa, 
  and 
  

   showing 
  an 
  ochreous 
  sufi'iision 
  along 
  the 
  dorsum 
  and 
  before 
  the 
  

   termen. 
  Specimens 
  with 
  a 
  red 
  head, 
  darkly 
  motoled 
  forewings 
  with 
  

   a 
  paler 
  dorsum 
  and 
  termen 
  may 
  be 
  allocated 
  to 
  this 
  aberration. 
  I 
  

   have 
  one 
  specimen 
  resembling 
  the 
  type. 
  This 
  form 
  though 
  difficult 
  

   to 
  describe 
  is 
  distinct 
  and 
  rather 
  handsome. 
  

  

  Ab. 
  quinquepunctuta, 
  Haw. 
  " 
  Lep. 
  Brit." 
  544. 
  Steph., 
  vol. 
  iv. 
  

   " 
  Forewings 
  ochreous 
  red 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  dorsum 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  and 
  four 
  other 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  disc." 
  The 
  four 
  other 
  spots 
  I 
  

   take 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  disc 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  

   which 
  is 
  the 
  usual 
  discal 
  spot, 
  and 
  two 
  spots 
  placed 
  obliquely 
  above 
  

   these. 
  I 
  have 
  one 
  specimen 
  and 
  also 
  an 
  ochreous 
  brown 
  example 
  

   which 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  its 
  ground 
  colour 
  I 
  am 
  inclined 
  to 
  place 
  under 
  this 
  

   name. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  richly 
  marked, 
  5-spotted 
  form, 
  quite 
  distinct 
  from 
  

   the 
  rayed 
  forms. 
  Sometimes 
  the 
  upper 
  and 
  lower 
  discal 
  spots 
  

   approach 
  each 
  other 
  and 
  give 
  the 
  wing 
  a 
  fasciated 
  appearance, 
  like 
  

   that 
  possessed 
  by 
  A. 
  sylvella. 
  

  

  Ab. 
  variella, 
  Hb. 
  " 
  Samm." 
  fig. 
  106. 
  Wood, 
  "Index." 
  fig. 
  1540. 
  

   liitnsa, 
  Haw., 
  545. 
  ftdvella, 
  Dup. 
  " 
  His. 
  Nat." 
  vol. 
  xi. 
  

  

  Huebner's, 
  figure 
  shows 
  an 
  ochreous 
  insect 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  costa 
  and 
  

   dark 
  spots. 
  Stephens 
  (vol. 
  iv.) 
  writes, 
  " 
  Eufous 
  or 
  fuscous, 
  some- 
  

   times 
  luteous, 
  ochreous 
  or 
  whitish, 
  most 
  frequently 
  varied 
  and 
  

   spotted 
  with 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  black 
  streak 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  on 
  the 
  

   inner 
  margin 
  and 
  a 
  black 
  dot 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  rarely 
  

   immaculate." 
  The 
  black 
  streak 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  absent 
  in 
  liitoso, 
  Haw. 
  

   Duponchel's 
  figure 
  oifnlvella 
  shows 
  an 
  ochreous 
  insect 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  

   mark 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  forewing. 
  Variella 
  is 
  quite 
  distinct 
  from 
  

   all 
  the 
  other 
  forms 
  already 
  mentioned 
  but 
  nearest 
  to 
  ab. 
  qiiinque- 
  

   ininctata. 
  The 
  ground 
  colour 
  ranges 
  from 
  grey 
  through 
  ochreous 
  

   and 
  brown 
  to 
  deep 
  purple 
  brown. 
  The 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   dorsum 
  and 
  that 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  are 
  often 
  well 
  marked, 
  from 
  the 
  

   latter 
  a 
  dark 
  transverse 
  mark 
  frequently 
  runs 
  to 
  the 
  costa. 
  This 
  

   mark 
  is 
  often 
  very 
  conspicuous 
  and 
  extended 
  to 
  the 
  dorsum. 
  There 
  

   is 
  occasionally 
  a 
  similar 
  mark, 
  composed 
  of 
  spots, 
  between 
  this 
  and 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  Such 
  examples 
  when 
  with 
  an 
  ochreous 
  

   ground 
  colour 
  might 
  be 
  taken 
  for 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  A. 
  sylvella 
  but 
  for 
  the 
  

   shape 
  of 
  the 
  forewing. 
  Besides 
  these 
  marks 
  dark 
  spots 
  or 
  strigulae 
  

   may 
  occur 
  on 
  the 
  costa 
  or 
  dorsum 
  and 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  

  

  