30 EUXOA. By W. Wabebn. 



cucuna. E. cucuna Pting. (6d). Forewing bluish grey, with a slight brown flush; lines and stigmata obscure: 



lower part of reniform dark; hindwing paler. Superficially much like candelarum Stgr., which, however, 

 has the forehead smooth. Kuku-Nor, Tibet, in August. 



clecorata. E. decorata Stgr. (6d). Forewing luteous grey, tinged with darker and flushed with yellow; the 



stigmata yellow; hindwing yellowish fuscous; a species from W. Turkestan, allied to decora Schiff'. 



simplonia. E. simplonia H.-G. (6e). Forewing pale ashgrey or bluish grey, often flushed with yellow scales, 



with all the lines blackish and well-marked; reniform stigma blackish and diffuse, the other two absent; 

 hindwing fuscous grey with pale fringe and dark cellspot. Found on the Alps of France, Switzerland 

 and Italy. 



culminicola. E. culminicola Stgr. (6e). Like simplonia, but larger; the forewing pale fuscous suffused with pale 



yellow and roughly dusted; orbicular and reniform stigmata diffuse; hindwing with the base paler. Switzer- 

 land and the Tyrol. 



constanti. E. constanti Mill. (12 f) Forewing pale yellow, dusted with darker especially in median area; the lines 



fine ; the subterminal punctiform ; stigmata very faint ; hindwing white, with the fringe and margin yellowish. 

 Recorded only from the Ardeche, France. 



trux. E. trux Won. {■== lenticulosa Dup.) (6e). Forewing ochreous grey, dappled and striated, and 



often, especially in ??, suffused with dark fuscous; claviform stigma black-edged; reniform large, filled in 



with black; orbicular small, round, with a pale ring; fringe rufous; hindwing dull whitish, with fuscous 



terminal suffusion, broader in ?; or with a curved row of dark dashes on veins and no suffusion; a variable 



species, occurring throughout S. Europe, in Algeria, the Canaries, S. Russia and Asia Minor; — in ab. 



olivina. olivina Stgr. (6f) the forewing is smooth olivegrey, with no or little irroration, the markings concisely red- 



terranea. brown: - - ab. terranea Frr. (6f) has the suffusion and markings rufous; — ab. amasina Stgr. (6f) is fuscous 



amasina. grey, with blackish median shade, the ground colour darker in the ?; — subsp. lunigera Stph. (6f). Fore- 



'' wing fuscous or pale grey, varied with yellowish; the lines distinct; orbicular stigma small; reniform large 



pallida, and blackish; claviform black; occurs on the south coast of England and Ireland; — ab. pallida Tutt is 



virgata. whitish grey with a slaty tinge, not irrorated with yellow; — ab. virgata Tutt with a dark shade before 



suffusa. reniform stigma and the outer third of wing dark; — ab. suffusa Tutt has the whole wing suffused with 



nigra, blackish grey, except the pale orbicular and a small patch between reniform and outer line; — ab. nigra 



Tutt has the forewing unicolorous blackish, the lines and stigmata more intense, the orbicular sometimes 



rufescens. visible ; — and ab. rufescens Tutt like the type but tinged throughout with reddish. — Larva dull brownish, 



paler at sides, sometimes greenish; lines paler with dark edges; head brown mottled with black; thoracic 



plate black, divided by a pale line; feeds on various low plants. 



cursoria. E. cursoria Hiifn. (6g). Forewing sand}' ochreous, often much suffused and speckled with brownish 



grey; claviform stigma absent, or with dark outline only; orbicular and reniform with dark centres and 



pale rings, the lower lobe of reniform always deeper; sometimes the cell, the claviform, and a basal streak 



before it are dark olive brown; hindwing dull greyish ochreous with fuscous termen and pale cilia; a variable 



insect, occurring on sandy wastes; in Britain restricted to coast sandhills; found in France, Germany, and 



obscura. Russia in Europe, and widel}* spread through central Asia; — ab. obscura Stgr. has the forewings almost 



currens. wholly red-brown , the stigmata with white rings , and occurs on the shores of the Baltic ; — ab. currens 



vaga. Stgr. has both wings dark; — while ab. vaga Stgr. is uniform brownish grey; — lastly, ab. sagittata Stgr. 



sagittata. j s a mor e variegated form, with red-brown suffusion and little dusting, and the costal streak, the upper 



stigmata , and the postmedian area whitish ; the three last are Central Asian ; specimens from Asia Minor 



have the hindwings wholly white. — Besides the above aberrations there are a few of minor importance 



coemlea. named or quoted by Tutt from British specimens. - - ab. coerulea Tutt and ab. costacoerulea Tutt are 



costa- both slaty grey with the lines and stigmata ochreous and grey, the latter distinguished by having a pale 



eru ea. cos { a . — three have the ground colour greyish white : ab. mixta F. which has the transverse lines distinct ; 

 mixta. . 



pallida. — a ' D - P a Hida Tutt with longitudinal markings; — and ab. distincta Tutt, with the cell, the claviform 



distincta. stigma, and a basal streak deep blackish brown; — two forms are yellow ochreous; — ab. obsoleta Tutt 



obsoleta. with all the markings obsolete and ab. ochrea Tutt with the markings longitudinal; — and lastly, three 



ochrea. - K {\\- i a reddish-brown ground colour; - - ab. brunnea Tutt with the transverse markings distinct; — ab. 



mareinata mar gi na ta Tutt wholly red-brown except a narrow ochreous border on outer margin; — and ab. sagitta 



sagitta. iFbn. with the veins sharply white, the outer margin dark, and the whole wing variegated. — Larva pale 



ochreous tinged with greenish; the lines paler, edgedwith grey-green; the head pale ochreous; feeds on 



sand grasses and low plants. 



nigricans. E. nigricans L. (6h). Forewing black brown with all markings obscured, or dark red-brown with 



the markings plainer; the edges of stigmata finely black; some ochreous scales on outside of reniform, 

 along the course of submarginal line and at base below cell; hindwing brownish fuscous, the basal half 



