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DRAWER XXII. 



Orthosia litura Linn. 



683 Beverley, ix. 1872 f- 

 682 „ „ f. 



684 „ „ f. 



685 „ bred 1882 t- 



Ground colour uniform reddish-brown. 



Ab. borealis Spa-Schn. Basal area greyish-ochreous. 



Cf. South, II. PI. 9, fig. 8. 

 3944 Weel, E. Yorks., ix. 1878 f- 



As the preceding, but the outer portion of the fore 



wings darker. 



' = } 



[Wings at rest — one of each of the two forms above]. 

 5771 Mauretania, 1885 (Staudinger). $ 



Var. merldionalis Stand. Ground colour uniform 

 purplish-grey, with sharply-defined reddish-brown 

 central band, shading off towards the hind margin. 

 *53o8 Colchester, bred from ovum, 1883 (Grapes). 

 *5302 Beverley, bred 1883 f. 

 *5303 „ „ t- 



*5304 „ ,. t- 



Orthosia humilis Fah. 



5101 Germany, 1882 (Staudinger). $. 



5102 „ „ ., d^ 



Orrhodia veronicae Hnh.^AoXo^^ Huh. 



3810 Hungary, 1877 (Staudinger). 



3811 „ „ „ 



3812 „ ,, » . _ 



3813 » » 



Orrhodia vaccinii Linn. 



104 Beverley, 1871 f. -. 



105 „ „ t- \ 



106 „ „ t- i 



Ground colour dark yellow-ochreous, with the trans- 

 verse markings distinct. Cf. Barrett, PI. 234, fig. i. 

 4972 South of England, x. 1881. ~\ 



4971 » >, .. / 



Ground colour purplish-grey, with the nervures pale, and 

 a subterminal pale band. Cf. South, II. PI. 11, fig. 5. 



4968 South of England, x. 1881. \ 

 109 Beverley, 1871 f. / 



The type form : bright reddish-brown, almost uni- 

 ' colorous. 



no Beverley, 1871 f. 



Intermediate between the type and the following. 

 4970 South of England, x. 1881. 



The whole area from the base to second line suffused 

 with dark purplish-grey, 



4969 South of England, x. 1881. 



As 6305, 6304, 6303 in the next column. 



6684 Forres, 188,8 (Salvage). \ 



6685 „ „ „ / 



Ground colour uniform dark purplish-brown, with 

 nervures and outlines of the stigmata grey. 



