48 



Agrotis nigricans Ltnn.=^umosa Hah. 



1685 

 1684 

 1682 

 4580 

 5403 



2771 



2270 



5402 



Leven, E. Yorks., viii. 1874 t. 

 „ t. ■ 

 „ t. 

 Spurn, E. Yorks., viii. 1880 f. 

 Brighton, 1883 (Salvage). 



Ab. striata Tutt. Ground colour pale yellowish- 

 brown ; transverse lines and stigmata ochreous ; 

 beyond the second line the nervures ochreous. 

 Shetland, bred from pupa, 1886 (Salvage). \ 

 Canterbury, 1875 (Parry). J 



Ab. rufa Tutt. Ground colour pale reddish-brown ; 

 reniform stigma ochreous. 

 Canterbury, 1875 (Parry). 



*6oo6 

 *6oo5 



Agrotis tritici Linn. 



5390 Spurn, viii. i 



Brighton, 1883 (Salvage). 



Parallel forms to ab. striata Tutt, but ground colour 

 fairly dark greyish-brown. 

 Austria, 1885 (Staudinger). 



3 t- 



t- 



,, viii. 1880 f. 



Deal, 1886 (Tutt). ) 



„ „ „ / 



Groundcolour slaty-grey, tinged with brown ; costal 

 streak undeveloped. ' Taken in the proportion of 

 about 5 per cent.' 

 6i8oa Deal, 1886 (Tutt.). 

 555 Forres, viii. 187 1 f. 

 1888 (Salvage). 



Ab. vitta Hub. Ground colour purplish-brown, with 

 costal streak, margins of stigmata, median nervure, 

 and space between the second and the subterminal 

 line whitish. Cf. Barrett, Plate 131, fig. ib. 

 Spurn, E. Yorks., viii. 1880 f- 



As the preceding, but all the markings have a decided 

 brown tinge, and the costal streak is rich creamy- 

 white. 

 Canterbury, 1875 (Parry).-, 

 " ,,).(_ 



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Labelled ' var. aqiiilina Hiib.' The first three of 

 these have the ground colour yellowish-brown, 2776 

 being almost unicolorous ; 2773 resembles the t}rpe 

 form, but is slightly suffused. 



5389 

 4583 

 6180 

 6181 



556 



4581 



2775 

 2776 

 2774 

 2773 



[Named by Mr. Henry Doubleday]. Ground colour 

 yellowish-brown, with the transverse markings well 

 developed ; the submarginal row of wedge-shaped 

 spots strongly developed in 1654. These arc ap- 

 parently ab. brunnea Tutt. 



