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DRAWER XV. 

 Agrotis trux Huh. 



6225 Sicily, 1886 (Staudinger). ^ 



512 1 Continent, 1882 (Staudinger). $ 



5122 „ „ „ s 



6226 Sicily, 1886 (Staudinger). $ 



Ab. terranea Frey. A very distinct form. Ground 

 colour yellowish-brown or reddish-brown ; markings 

 indistinct ; claviform stigma absent ; hind wings of 

 $ $ whiter than in the' type form. 



5045 Switzerland, 1882 (Kricheldorff). ^ 



Claviform stigma large and very conspicuous. 



2216 Continent, 1874 (Staudinger). ^ 

 4818 „ 1880 „ $ 



5046 Switzerland, 1882 (Kricheldorff). 9 



Suffused with brown ; the markings indistinct. 



2217 Continent, 1874 (Staudinger). (J ) 

 2215 „ „ „ c? / 



Orbicular stigma pale greenish-white, claviform stigma 

 dark reddish brown ; both very conspicuous. 



Agrotis simplonia Hub.-Gey. 



4487 Continent, 1879 (Staudinger). (^ 



4488 „ „ „ ? 

 4490 „ „ „ 6 



4489 „ „ „ ? 



Agrotis lunigera Sieph. 



Sunk as a variety of A. trux in Dr. Staudinger's ' Cata 

 log,' 1901. 



6605 Isle of Wight, 1888 (Hodges). ^ 



4157 „ 1879 (Riding). ^ 

 4159 „ „ „ ? \ 



4158 „ „ „ ? i 



Intermediate between the type and ab. sufFusa. 



6606 Isle of Wight, 1888 (Hodges). $ 



Ab. suffusa Tidt. Ground colour blackish-grey. 

 5538 Switzerland, 1883 (Staudinger). 9 



Rich brown ; orbicular stigma large, irregular in shape, 

 and very conspicuous. 



Agrotis corticea Hub. 



2581 Canterl my, 1875 (Parrj^). 



2583 „ „ „ 

 2582 



5969 Brighton, 1885 (Salvage). 



Suffused with blackish-brown from the base to second 

 line ; beyond this paler. 

 5971 Brighton, 1885 (Salvage). 



Ab. brunnea-virgata Tutt. Suffused with dark brown 



from base to subterminal line ; beyond this pale 



yellowish-brown. Cf. Barrett, Plate 126, fig. ic. 



(But the contrast is greater here than in the figure). 



2585 Canterbury, 1875 (Parry). 



Ground colour pale whitish-brown, and markings 

 much lighter than in the type. Cf. Barrett, Plate 

 126, fig. id. 



2584 Canterbury, 1875 (Parry). 



f Larger than all the others (41 mm.). As the type, but 



the thorax much crested with ashy-white. 



