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paler in cf*. A widely spread species throughout Britain, Central Europe and W. Asia. — More than 20 aber- 

 rations are noted by Tutt, grouped, as usual, according to coloration; — the first two, with ground colour 

 grey, are rare: — ab. pallida Tutt with a reddish tinge, and the lines and stigmata all but obsolete; — and pallida. 

 ab. flavopallida Tutt, similar, but with the lines and stigmata yellow; -- the following 5 are pale reddish; — flavopallida. 

 ab. rufa Tutt, with lines and stigmata pale: — ab. ruris Haw. with the markings yellow; — ab. obeliscata n ^ a : 

 Haw. with cell black on each side of the orbicular stigma; — ab. striata Tutt with the base, stigmata, lines, Obeliscata 

 and outer nervules yellow ochreous: — and ab. rufovariegata Tutt mottled red and yellow, the stigmata edged striata. 

 with black: — the next 5 are dark reddish-brown; — ab. rubricans Esp. with the lines paler; — ab. rufo- 

 vilis lll»i. with stigmata and lines yellow; — ab. quadrata Tutt, like the last, but with a square black variegata. 

 blotch between the stigmata, as in ab. obeliscata Hair.; — ab. ochrea Tutt, with faint lines but the stiemata mbncans - 

 and veins ochreous: — ab. fuscovariegata Tutt, purplish brown mottled with ochreous and with the dark quadrata. 

 blotch between the stigmata : — in the next 4 the ground colour is blackish brown or blackish fuscous, as odirea. 

 in typical nigricans L.; — ab. dubia Haw. with lines and stigmata deeper, and with a conspicuous waved fusco- 

 white submarginal line: — ab. fumida (= fumosa God. nee F.), smoky brown with ochreous reniform varie S ata - 

 and yellowish submarginal line; — ab. marshallana Westic. sooty brown with dark lines and ochreous /" m 'y a 

 stigmata: — ab. ursina God. with lines and stigmata dark, a submarginal row of wedge-shaped spots and marshallana. 

 the outer edge of reniform stigma whitish; — ab. rustica Er. much smaller than the last, with the ursina. 

 markings obsolete; — the last group has the ground colour black; — ab. carbonea Hbn. with lines and rustica - 

 stigmata yellowish; — ab. fumata (== fumosa Haw. nee F.) with the upper stigmata pale-edged; — ab. ^f" ea " 

 fumosa F. with a submarginal row of whitish wedge-shaped spots; — and ab. fuliginea God. wholly fumosa. 

 black, with the very faintest of markings. — Larva ochreous grey, paler, more greenish, at sides; lines fuliginea. 

 greenish edged with black: the subspiracular line whitish and double; head with black speckling; feeds 

 on various low plants. 



E. nyctopis ffamps. (6i). Like the dark red-brown forms of nigricans; the basal area of forewing nyctopis. 

 and the thorax often irrorated with pale; the tegulae uniform in colour, without a dark line across them. 

 Kashmir. 



E. enixa Pilng. (6h). Resembles pale specimens of E. nigricans; stigmata and lines of forewing enixa. 

 paler; the reniform without yellow scaling; hindwing whiter. Fergana, Issykkul, Alexander Mts., Aschabad. 



E. intolerabilis Piing. (6h). Forewing uniform mouse-brown; inner and outer lines distinctly double; intolerabilis. 

 stigmata hardly outlined; the two upper generally separated by a darker shade; hindwing scarcely paler; 

 fringe of both wings with pale line at base. Kuku-Nor, Tibet. 



E. COnspicua Hbn. (= agricola Boisd., lycarum H.-Sch., squalida Ev.) (6h). Forewing luteous conspicua. 

 grey, dusted and shaded with fuscous, the dark and light shades contrasting; the lines double; the median 

 shade distinct; claviform stigma with black outline; orbicular and reniform large, generally conspicuously 

 pale, or with pale outlines; cell fuscous; hindwing dull grey with the base whitish; in Europe restricted to 

 the South, occurring in the Canaries, Spain, France, Greece and S. Russia, and widely distributed through 

 West and Central Asia; — in the ab. abscondita nom. nov. (= abdita Stgr. nee Joan.) (6i) the markings abscondita. 

 are all obscured by a luteous grey suffusion. 



E. hilaris Fir. (= conifera Chr.) (6i). Forewing dirty grey, with darker dusting; the stigmata and hilaris. 

 lines obscure ; the former black-edged , the _ upper two generally with a dark shade between them ; a dark 

 shade before submarginal fine ; hindwing dull grey. A very obscure Asiatic species , found in Armenia, 

 Asia Minor, Persia, Turkestan and Siberia. — ab. incognita Stgr. has the claviform smaller and filled in incognita. 

 with black: another form, from Persia, is red-brown, with the claviform obsolete; examples from the 

 Ural Mts. differ in having the hindwing white in both sexes. 



E. seditiosa Piing. Closely resembling hilaris Fir., but the forewing more pointed, the outer margin seditiosa. 

 slightly crenulate: claviform stigma short and black; orbicular small and round; outer line less strongly 

 excurved; hindwing darker fuscous. Described from 2 cfcf from Fergana. 



E. nili Baker il2f). Forewing brownish grey; stigmata with black outlines, the claviform small, nili. 

 ochreous-tinged ; the orbicular small, lobed externally, with a dark centre and grey ring, like the reni- 

 form: hindwing pure white. Alexandria, Egypt. The species resembles mustelina Chr. 



E. mustelina Chr. (7a). Forewing pale grey, with fuscous dusting; the fines double and distinct; mustelina. 

 stigmata outlined with fuscous, the orbicular round; cell dark fuscous; hindwing white, with veins and 

 termen fuscous. Found in N. Persia; — the ab. centralis Stgr. (= mustela Stgr.) (7a) is a more distinctly centralis. 

 marked insect, with body and forewings darker, and occurs in Asia Minor, Turkestan and Siberia. 



E. cos Hbn. (= tephra Boisd., vacillans H.-Sch., millieri Stgr., aphe Mab.) (6i). Forewing dull grey, cos. 

 thickly peppered with dark scales; stigmata and lines very ill-defined; hindwing whitish, the veins and 



