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small, undefined, grejdsh, the former round ; postmedial line defined 

 by grey on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then minutely 

 dentate, incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on 

 costa; subterminal line only defined by difi'ased black-brown on 

 inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and middle, then incurved, 

 the area beyond it greyish ; a terminal series of blackish spots ; cilia 

 chequered black-brown and greyish. Hind wing black-brown with 

 whitish patch on costal area beyond middle ; cilia white. Underside 

 of fore wing suffused with blue-grey except terminal area. 



Ab. 1. sibirica. Larger ; underside of fore wing black with whitish, 

 subterminal line, the cilia intersected with white, of hind wing 

 Wack with, white cilia. — Changai Mts. 



Ab. 2. coltlioffi. Larger ; fore wing more suffused with grey, the 

 medial area darker. — Greenland. 



Ab. 3. labradoris. Hind wing with large whitish postmedial patch 

 from costa to vein 2. — Canada. 



Hah. Greenland ; Canada, Barren Grounds (Hanlmry), 1 $ , 

 Labrador, Zeller, Prey, and Grote Colls, 4 J , Br. Columbia, Laggan 

 ( WoUey-Dod), 1 $ , Mt. Assiniboine {Mrs. Niclioll), 1 S , Lake O'Hara 

 ■{Mrs. Nicholl), 1 c? , 1 $ , Lake Louise {Mrs. McJioll), 1 c? , 1 $ ; 

 Scandinavia, Finmark, Porsanger Fjord, Zeller and Prey Colls. ; 

 Lapland, Leech Coll. ; Mongolia, Changhai. Kvj?. 24-26 millim. 



2613. Sympistis nigrita. 



Anarta nigrita, Boiscl. lud. Meth. p. 161 (1840) ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett.,, 

 Noct. f. 296 ; Hffm. Gr. Schmett. Eur. ed. ii. pi. 50. f. 23 ; Staud. Cat. 

 Lep. pal. p. 219. 



Noctua vidua, Frr. Neiie Beitr. iv. pi. 311. if. 2, 3 (nee Hiibn.). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown overlaid with blue-grey 

 liairs ; tarsi with slight whitish rings. Fore wing black overlaid 

 with blue-grey hairs, the terminal area blue-grey ; subbasal line 

 represented by faint double blackish marks from costa and cell ; ante- 

 medial line very indistinct, angled outwards in cell and inwards in 

 submedian fold ; orbicular absent; reniform a small ill-defined 

 whitish, mark ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line 

 forming a black spot at costa, then indistinct, minutely dentate, 

 excurved to vein 4, then incurved and below submedian fold 

 escurved again, some whitish beyond it at costa ; subterminal line 

 only defined by the contrast between the black and grey areas, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and middle, then incurved ; some small 

 patches of blackish before termen ; cilia chequered fuscous and 

 whitish. Hind wing black-brown slightly suffused with blue-grey 

 scales ; cilia white, brownish at base towards apex and tornus. 

 Underside of fore wing suffused with blue-grey except terminal 

 area ; hind wing with some white on veins of postmedial costal 

 area. 



Hob. Switzerland, Leech Coll., Albula, Prey Coll., Stelvio, Prey 

 CoU. ; Tyrol, Leech Coll. Exp. 28-32 millim. 



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