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Abroad, as already stated, it is only known to occur, in the 

 variety suhccerulea, in Finland and Livonia. 



15. N. baja. Fah. — Expanse U to 1| inch. Fore v^rings 

 broad with arched costa, not truncate, dull brown with a 

 reddish flush, a dark central transverse cloud, and before the 

 apex a triangular black costal spot. Hind wings grey-brown 

 with reddish cilia. 



Antennae of the male simple, thickly but minutely ciliated, 

 light brown ; palpi broadly tufted, chestnut-brown, pale brown 

 in front, apical joint short ; head and collar pale ashy-brown, 

 the latter edged with grey which is divided by a paler line ; 

 remainder of thorax red-brown or purplish-brown, with small 

 crests at the top and back ; fascicles smoky-reddish-grey ; 

 abdomen thickly covered with dull smoky-brown scales ; 

 lateral tufts small, anal tuft large, all purplish-chocolate. 

 Fore wings broad, especially so behind ; costa rounded ; apex 

 squarely angulated ; hind margin below it perpendicular but 

 curved off below the middle ; anal angle full ; dorsal margin 

 straight ; colour purple-brown or red-brown or pale purplish- 

 brown, much dusted in the basal half with ashy-grey ; basal 

 line double, curved, abbreviated, reddish-brown; first line 

 also double, but very faint, composed of a double series of 

 obscure curves or dashes ; second line curved broadly out- 

 ward, and very indistinct, composed of faint dark brown 

 streaks ; outside it is a faint, parallel, cloudy line, running 

 through a series of black dots situated on nervures, each dot 

 followed by a second, smaller and more obscure ; subterminal 

 line undulating, faintly yellowish-brown ; costa spotted with 

 dark brown at the origin of the transverse lines, having a 

 black dot over the reniform stigma, some yellow dots beyond ; 

 and a conspicuous black triangular spot before the apex, 

 which last is the most noticeable marking on the wings ; 

 orbicular stigma indicated by a yellowish ring ; reniform 

 similarly edged, filled in with dark brown which shades into 

 black in the lower portion ; between the stigmata is a cloudy 



