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l»l;iclv striiB from costa ami coll : a hlack streak above inner margin 

 ni'ar base ; antomedial line doubk', waved, with white points before 

 it on nu'ili-an niTVure and vein 1, obliciue from costa to submedian 

 fold ; claviform elongate, defined by black, acute at extremity and 

 with black streak from it topostnuMlial line ; orbicular and reniform 

 defined by black, the former round with some black in centru, 

 the latter with black lunulo in centre and some white on outer 

 edge which is irregular ; postmedial line indistinctly double, bont 

 outwards below costa, then somewhat, dentate and produced to 



T'v'. 108. — Eiimichtis admta, (S • 



black and white streaks on the veins, oblique below vein -4, some 

 white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line formed of white 

 limules defined on inner side by dentate black marks and with 

 l)lack streaks beyond it in the interspaces, angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, -'3 ; a terminal scries of small black 

 lunules : cilia rufous and fuscous with tine pale line at base, inter- 

 .sected with whitish. Hind wing white tinged with brown, the 

 veins, costal, inner, and terminal areas suffused with reddish brown, 

 some whitisli just before termeii from vein 3 to tornus ; a fine 

 brown terminal line ; cilia whitish with a brown line through 

 them : the underside with the costal area suffused and irrorated 

 with brown, a slight discoidal lunulo, traces of a sinuous post- 

 medial line and diffused subterniinal band. 



Ab. 1. h'lU'icH. Thorax and fore wing dark, with the markings 

 less prominent. — X. Germany, Finland, Livonia. 



Ab. 2. chardlniji. Fore wing much darker and variegated with 

 white. — S. Russia. 



Ab. 3. siflvatlca. Fore wing dark grey, indistinctly marked, with 

 liardly any brown tinge. — Corsica. 



Ab. 4. vidua. Fore wing pale violet-brown with the markings 

 distinct. — Tibet. 



Ab. 5. mcesla. Smaller and darker, fore wing blackish. — 

 1'-. Silieria. 



//(ih. Britaix, Shetland, Leech Coll., England, Leech Coll., 

 Inland, Leech Coll.; Frvxce; Denmakk, Leech Coll. ; Germvxv, 

 /'■Her. Frey. and Leech Colls. ; ArsnuA, Zeller Coll. ; Hungary ; 

 S\virzi;iu.Axn,Zelk'rC<>U. ; Spain, (Gibraltar (./.J". ^V(tll•er) : Corsica 

 (Verliunf); N. Italy; Iceland; Scandinavia; Fixlakd ; IIussia, 

 Livonia," Leech Coll., St. Fetersburg, Zeller Coll. ; Crete (Miss 



