77 



a submarginal row of dots, the latter obsolete in 96, 

 3962 and 6717 ; fringes orange-red except in 6717, 

 which has fringes unicolorous with the surface of the 

 wings. This specimen has also the dot in the lower 

 half of the reniform stigma nearly obsolete. 



♦5846 vi. 1885 (Harwood). 



*5845 



*5844 



*5843 



Xanthia lutea Strdm=f[avago -Frt5.=silago Hub. 



180 Canterbury, 1871 (Parry). 

 179 



177 Forres, viii. 1871 f . 



1792 Weel, E. Yorks., ix. 1874 f. 

 2719 „ „ ix. 1875 t- 



2742 Crawley, Sussex, 1875 (Peters). 

 2740 

 2739 

 2741 



6380 Chabarofka, Amurland, 1881-1S86 (Graeser's expedition). 



Small (26 mm.) ; inner edge of the dark transverse 

 band more regular than in the British specimens. 



*6io6 vi. 1886, bred from ovum laid by captured female (Harwood)^ 

 *6io5 



*6io4 „ ,, „ „ „ 



*538o Brighton, bred from ovum, 1883 (Salvage). 



Xanthia aurago Fab. 



3969 Watford, 1878 (Slocombe). ) 



3970 ,, „ „ / 



Var. virgata Tutt. The central band orange : the 

 common British form. 



3971 Watford, 1878 (Slocombe). , 

 3292 Colchester, 1876 (Harwood). 

 3293 

 3294 

 3295 



3972 W^atford, 1878 (Slocombe). 



Ab. rutilago Fab. The central band deep orange-rec^^ 

 2793 Barnsley, 1875 (Jackson) 



Approaching ab. unicolor Titii. Cf. South, II. PI. 10, 



fig- 3- 

 4509 Germany, 1879 (Staudinger). 



Recorded as" var. fucata/ but, rather, a good example 

 of ab. unicolor Tutt. Almost unicolorous orange. 

 5105 Germany, 1882 (Staudinger). 

 5106 



Ab. fucata Esp. The central band very dark and the 

 division between it and the outer purplish band 

 correspondingly indistinct. 



Xanthia gilvago Esp. 



181 Croxton, 1872 (Cole). 

 990 Derby, bred 1872 (Baker). 

 2696 ,, bred 1875 ,, 



2694 „ n 



2693 

 2695 



Var. suflusa Tutt. The wings sufiused with smoky- 

 black, and the transverse markings extended to 

 form a band : the common British form. Cf. 

 Barr., PI. 231, figs. 2, 2a., and Scuth, II. PI. 10, fig.io- 



