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diarac- E. characteristica AVph. A large insect, coloured and marked exactly like fatidica, but with 



teristica. the wings of the $ fully developed; the hindwing with acute apex: the ovipositor strongly exserted; the 

 orbicular stigma large, rounded outwardly, pointed towards base. Alpheraky described the species from a 

 single ? taken at Ordos, W. China. ? — robusta 9. 



trifurcula. E. trifurcula Stgr. (5e). A facsimile of robusta Er. but smaller: orbicular stigma smaller, and pro- 



jecting externally: the subcostal vein diffusely white. Recorded from Mongolia and Siberia. 



trifurca. E. trifurca Er. (5e). Like robusta Er. with the veins dark on pale streaks, the intervals black 



brown; costal area blackish, inner margin below vein 1 grey; stigmata with black outlines; claviform 

 elongate: orbicular small, elongate, with black centre ringed with pale, as the reniform; hindwing luteous- 

 grey, the margin and veins darker. An Asiatic insect, occurring in the Ural Mts. , Russia; the Altai Mts., 

 W. Siberia : in Tibet and E. Siberia. 



ruta. E. ruta Er. Forewing dark grey with darker irroration : costa and outer margin diffusely blackish ; 



stigmata black-edged: the claviform elongate; the orbicular produced outwardly, and like the reniform 

 with fuscous centre in a pale ring; outer lines indistinct; hindwing fuscous, paler towards base and on 

 inner margin. Also an Asiatic species, occurring in Mongolia and Siberia. 



corticea. E. corticea Schiff. (= transversa Walk., fraterna Moore, amurensis Stgr.) (of). Forewing brownish- 



grey covered with dark striae; costal area darker: stigmata outlined with black; hindwing grey. Occurs 

 in June and July throughout Europe and Asia, except China and Japan. — Larva brownish grey with dark 

 tubercles; the lines pale with darker edges: feeds on low plants and hybernates. — Of this species Tutt 

 enumerates over a dozen aberrations based on the difference of ground colour; in the first 5 the forewing 

 clavigerus. is whitish grey. - - ab. clavigerus Haw. is without dark dusting, the stigmata distinct, the lines variable. - 

 irrorata- aD . irrorata-pallida Tutt is dusted with blackish scales, the lines and stigmata both well-marked: often 

 pa ' t a'_ with a series of dark submarginal dashes. ab. costa-irrorata Tutt is a form of the last with the costa 



irrorata. intensely black. — ab. virgata-pallida Tutt has both basal and marginal areas dark, with the central space 

 virgata- pale grey. — ab. sincerii(a) Frr. is the reverse of the last, the base and margin being pale grey, with the 

 pallida, central space so darkened by black scales as to form a median band. In the next 3 the ground colour is 

 sinc <- m W- fuscous. - - ab. obsoleta-fusca Tutt is smoky grey without black scales, the lines obscure but the stigmata 

 fusca distinct- - " ab. irrorata-fusca Tutt differs in being wholly irrorated with blackish especially towards costa, 

 inorata- the lines as well developed as the stigmata. - - ab. subfuscus Haw. is like the last, but the dark fuscous 

 fusca. suffusion so dense that the ground colour and stigmata are almost hidden. The next 3 are reddish-brown. - 

 subfuscus. a ] 3 brunnea Tutt is partially irrorated with fuscous, the lines and stigmata distinct. - - ab. sordida Hbn. is 

 sordida '^ e * ne * ast ? ' Xl * duller in colour, with outer margin dark. - - ab. suffusa-brunnea Tutt has the suffusion 

 stiff usa- or black scales so strong that the lines and stigmata are obscured. -- ab. obscura Frr. (5f) has the basal and 

 bnumea. marginal areas brown, with the central area black, corresponding to ab. sincera with grey margins. In the 

 obscura. i as t 4 the ground colour is black. — ab. brunnea-virgata Tutt has the whole forewing black except the 

 ru.nn.ea- ou t er margin which is blight ochreous or pale brown. — ab. venosa Tutt is wholly black, with the veins 

 venosa. au P a ^ e ochreous. -- ab. transversa Tutt, commoner than the two preceding, is black with the transverse 

 transversa, lines pale and conspicuous: — and lastly, ab. nigra Tutt, the extreme form, is wholly black, with the 

 nigra, stigmata and lines more intense. 



turatii. E. turatii Sta>tJf. Forewing like culminicola, brownish yellow with simple markings, but shorter and 



more rounded: stigmata cloudy; lines faintly marked; the term en narrowly paler: hindwing greyish brown. - 

 A local insect, so far found only in the Mountains near Digne, S. France. 



hemispherica. E. hemispherica 1 lamps. (12 a). Forewing brownish grey, with darker dusting and suffusion: clavi- 



form stigma hardly marked; the other two grey with black outlines; submarginal line defined inwardly by 

 a dark shade and represented by a series of small white teeth; hindwing white, with brown terminal 

 suffusion. Described by Hampson from a cf from the Mts. of Cyprus. 



anarmodia. E. anarmodia Stgr. Forewing dull brownish grey; the lines faint, with paler edges; stigmata with 



whitish rings, the orbicular oval, the reniform with lower lobe blackish; hindwing of cf dull-white, of? 

 blackish, with pale fringe. — Haifa, Syria. 



Section III: Antennae of cf with pedicellate fascicles of cilia to B /s. 



patula. E. patula TTV//A-. (= septentrionalis Moeschl.) (5 g). Forewing brownish fawn . mixed with grey to- 



wards base and along costa, altogether pale grey beyond the dentate submarginal line; lines and stigmata 

 black and distinct, the outer line strongly dentate; hindwing fuscous with terminal area darker; lateral 

 tufts of abdomen dark. - This species, originally described from N. America, is said to have occurred in 

 Siberia also. 



endogaea. E. endogaea Bsd. (= arenicola Stgr.) (5g). Forewing narrow; grey along margins, brownish 



ochreous in, below, and beyond cell: claviform stigma thin, black, continuing a black line from base; 



