34 EUXOA. By W. Warren. 



exclama- E. exclamationis L. (7d). Forewing pale to dark brown; costal area often darker; claviform stigma 



tionis. black; reniform large, dark fuscous; orbicular small, round, sometimes extended to touch the reniform ; 



serena. hindwing of cf 1 white, of ? fuscous brown. Generally distributed in Europe and W. Asia. — ab. serena 



costata. Alph. (= pallida Tutt) (7d) from Central Asia, Spain and Britain, is paler, whitish grey; — ab. costata 



picea. Tutt has the forewing greyish with the costa broadly reddish; — ab. picea Haw. is a black form oft he ¥, 



rufescens. without lines, the orbicular and claviform stigmata oblong, the reniform round; — ab. rufescens Tutt has 



brunnea. the forewing clear reddish grey with the lines well-developed; — ab. brunnea Tutt is dark red-brown; — 



obsolete ab. obsoleta Tutt grey -brown with all markings obsolete; — ab. unicolor Hbn. the same, but with the 



unicolor. claviform and reniform outlined in dark ; - - ab. plaga Stph. without markings except a long black claviform 



plaga. s tig ma) the other two being represented by a brown dash; — ab. juncta Tutt with all 3 stigmata united 



lineoiatus i n * ne f° rm °* bl ac k streaks; - - and ab. lineolatus Tutt with the reniform broken up into short lines, 



which also take the place of the wedge-shaped spots. — Larva brown, with paler dorsal and subdorsal lines 



and some lateral shading; spiracles large and black; common at roots of grass and low plants. 



Section V: Antennae of cf ciliated or pubescent. 



decussa. E. decussa Stgr. (7 e). Exactly like E. recussa, but the antennae of the cP are almost simple, and 



the stigmata are filled in with reddish. Described from Issykkul, Tibet. 



difficilis. E. difficilis Ersch. (= albivenata Stgr., alpherakii Chr.) (12 f). Forewing fuscous and brown; costal 



area yellowish white ; inner area dusted with white ; veins white-streaked ; the intervals between bases of sub- 

 costal nervules pinkish: claviform stigma with dark scales at its apex; the small round orbicular and the 

 reniform with pink and white rings, outlined with black; hindwing yellowish white, externally suffused 

 with brown. Mongolia, Tibet, E. Siberia. 



marcida. E. marcida Chr. (7e). Forewing grey suffused with fuscous and towards termen rufous-tinged; 



stigmata black-edged; the claviform with a black streak above and below it; the orbicular and reniform 

 grey; the orbicular narrow, oblique; the reniform narrow with dark centre; cell between them black- 

 brown; hindwing grey washed with fuscous. A small species, found at Aschabad, Persia. 



eremicola. E. eremicola Standf. (12f). Forewing pale ochreous; stigmata pale, indistinct, with a square black spot 



between them; the claviform absent; subterminal line pale with blackish shading on each side; hindwing 

 pure white with narrow dark margin. West Turkestan. Like kirghisa Ev., but larger, the markings less 

 developed; the inner line not angled. 



clara. E. clara Stgr. Forewing ochreous whitish, dusted with dark; the lines fairly distinct; the stigmata 



celebrata. obscure; hindwing ochreous white, the termen tinged with fuscous. Turkestan; — ab. celebrata Alph. is a 

 verecunda. dark form with the markings plainer, while ab. verecunda Piing. (7e) is altogether paler and marked only 

 by two dark costal spots. 



ignara. E. ignara Stgr. (= ignobilis Stgr. 1895, nee 1888) (7e). Darker than clara Stgr., uniform brown- 



grey, also with the stigmata obsolete; distinguished by the hindwing which is fuscous brown with the 

 fringe pale. Mongolia. 



singularis. E. singularis Stgr. (12 g). Forewing ochreous white, with very slight yellowish dusting; orbicular 



and reniform stigmata outlined with black, the orbicular round; inner line thick and black; outer line 

 marked only by black spots on costa and inner margin; hindwing ochreous white, with fuscous termen. 

 Recorded only from W. Turkestan and Palestine. — Larva (teste Hampson) pale ochreous, with red-brown 

 striae; the lines indistinct, the dorsal double; stigmata on the lower edge of a broad lateral fascia. 



amoena. E. amoena Stgr. (7 e). Forewing pale luteous with grey dusting; the inner line is evenly curved 



and thick, the outer complete; reniform stigma in a dark ring; hindwing white. Armenia, Asia Minor and 

 W. Turkestan. 



peperida. E. peperida Hamps. (7 e). Forewing pale grey dusted with black; lines interrupted, marked by 



dark points on veins; stigmata all but obsolete; a rufous shade in and beyond the cell and on submedian 

 fold; a fuscous cloud at its lower angle; hindwing white, with the veins brown, the inner and outer 

 margins also brown. Goorais Valley, Kashmir. 



opisoleuca. E. opisoleuca Stgr. (7f). Forewing long, the apex rounded; pale brown, with dark irroration; the 



rounded orbicular stigma and the reniform with pale rings and outlined in black; outer line irregularly 

 dentate; a fine ochreous terminal line; hindwing ochreous white, the veins brownish; traces of a sub- 

 terminal band, plainest towards anal angle; the markings of the forewing are in some cases almost 

 obsolete. N. Persia. 



