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Ab. 1. dovrensis. Fore winsi: witli slight frrcy markings ; hind 

 wing almost whollj- suffused with fuscous. — Dovretcld. 



Ab. 2. asiatica. Fore wing fuscous or grey-brown with slight 

 grey markings, sometimes almost imiform in colour. — E. Siberia. 



Hah. Grinnell Land (Feilden), 1 J ; Gketinland, 1 $, Zeller 

 Coll. ; Canada, Hudson's l^ay, Eepulse Hay (Rea), 1 6 , shore of 

 Arctic Ocean (Sir T. RicIiardson\ 1 c^' > 2 5 , type septentrionh-, 

 Labrador, ZoUer & Frey Colls., 5 c? , 8 2 ; Alaska ; Scandinavia, 

 Dovreficld, Lapland, 1 J ; Novaya Zembla, Schubert Bay, 1 $ , 

 Grote Coll. E.iy. 34-38 millim. 



1175. Anarta quadrilunata. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 13.) 



Anarta quadrilunata, Grote, Proc. Eost. Soc. xvi. p. 244 (1874) ; Smith, 

 Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 293. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with white, brown, and 

 blaclv hair : tarsi black ringed with white ; anal tuft yellow. Fore 

 wing whitish thickly irrorated with pale brown ; subbasal line 

 indistinct, dark, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line 

 oblique from costa to submedian fold, where it is angled, then erect 

 and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform and orbicular obsolete ; 

 reniforra represented by a dark lunule ; postmedial line indistinct, 

 dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurvcd to vein 4, then 

 strongly incurved ; traces of a subterminal line, more prominent 

 towards costa and angled outwards at vein 7 ; a terminal series of 

 dark spots. Hind wing white, the basal and inner areas suffused 

 with fuscous ; a black discoidal lunule and broad terminal band 

 Avith sinuous inner edge ; cilia white. 



Hob. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim. 



1176. Anarta leucocycla. 



Anarta leucocycla. Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1857, p. 296 ; Moschl. Wien. 

 ent. Mon. 1860, p. 367, pi. 9. f. 6 ; Auriv. Bih. K. S. Vet.-Ak. Haiidl. 

 1890, p. 19, pi. 1. f. 11 & pi. 3. f. 3; Stand. Oat. Lep. pal. p. 219 ; Smith, 

 Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 293. 



Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white ; tarsi black 

 ringed with white ; abdomen grey-l)rown. Fore wing black-brown 

 sparsely irrorated with white ; an ill-defined waved white subbasal 

 line from costa to vein 1 ; an ill-defined waved white antemedial 

 line ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by white, the former 

 round ; postmedial line white, strongly dentate, bent outwards 

 below costa and oblique below vein 4, some white points on costa 

 beyond it ; subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 inwards at discal and submedian folds, excurvcd at middle ; a waved 

 white terminal line ; cilia chequered brown and ochreous white. 

 Hind wing yellowish irrorated with black-brown, the lower part of 

 cell and inner area suftused with black-brown ; a black discoidal 



