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extremity ; tarsi blackish, with pale rings ; abdomen brown, dorsally 

 tinged with fuscous, greyish at base. Fore wing brown, more or 

 less suffused with fuscous and irrorated with white on costal and 

 inner areas ; the median nervure streaked with white ; the subbasal 

 line white, defined by black on inner side, acutely angled outwards 

 in cell, then oblique to submedian fold ; the antemedial line black, 

 defined by whitish on inner side, waved and angled outwards below 

 costa and above inner margin ; claviforni large, defined by black, 

 with an ochreous or whitish streak from it above submedian fold to 

 postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform with brownish centres and 

 white annuli defined by black, the former round, the cell usually 

 suffused or filled in with black ; the postmedial line minutely 

 dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below 

 costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, defined by -whitish on outer 

 side and with -whitish suffusion between it and subterminal lino 

 except towards costa where it is bent outwards to apex, on veins 

 3, 4 produced to teeth defining the black-streaked veins ; some pale 

 points on costa to-wards apex ; the subterminal line indistinct, pale, 

 minutely waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved ut middle, 

 and -with some dentate black marks before it at middle ; a terminal 

 series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins and marginal 

 areas broadly suftused with brown ; the underside with the costal 

 and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal point. 



Ab. 1. aquilina. Larger, browner ; fore wing with the w^hitish 

 replaced by ochreous. 



Ab. 2. obelisca, auct. Brit, nee Schiff. Purplish or reddish brown, 

 without dentate black marks before the subterminal line. 



Ab. 3. eruta. Fuscous brown irrorated with grey, the markings 

 less distinct. 



Ab. 4. seliginis. Grey-brown irrorated with grey, the markings 

 less distinct ; hind wing white, with the marginal areas slightly 

 tinged with brown. 



Ab. 5. ohscurior. Similar to emta, but blacker. — Ussuri. 



Ab. 6. distincta. Large ; markings prominent, bright ; hind 

 wing w^hite ; antenna) thick. — S.Russia; Pontus. 



Ab. 7. detorta. Markings prominent. — S.E. Siberia ; Mongolia. 



Ab. 8. varici. The costal fascia, veins, and stigmata prominently 

 white. — C. Asia ; Mongolia ; Siberia. 



Hah. Britain, Scotland, England, Ireland, Leech Coll. : Fkance, 

 Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller & Mutzell Colls. ; Austria ; Hungary ; 

 Switzerland, Frey Coll.; Russia, Livonia, Sarepta (CJiristoph), 

 1 c? , 2 5 ; Armenia; Asia Minor, Pontus: W. Siberia, Altai; 

 W. Turkestan, Sarawschan; Issyk-kul, 1 2 , Mongolia, Uliassutai ; 

 E. Turkestan, Hi ; E. Siberia, Ussuri, Amurland. E,V2^. 

 26-42 milbm. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 96; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 341, pi. 131 

 & pi. 132. f. 1. 



Dull brownish ; dorsal line pale ; subdorsal line fuscous, pale- 

 edged below ; lateral and spiracular lines dark greenish fuscous ; 

 head brownish, with dark markings. Food-plants : Plantayo, 

 Slellaria, Brassica, etc. 5-6. 



