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florida. The ab. florida Schmidt (10 c) appears to be only a brightly coloured and well-marked form, which 



does not occur in Britain. Larva brown with pale dorsal and subdorsal lines and broad yellowish lateral 

 line; on all low plants. 



xantho- R. xanthographa Schiff. (= tetragona Haw., cohaesa H.-Sch.) (10 d). Forewing dull brown; the 



grapha. U pp er stigmata with pale annuli, the reniform sometimes wholly pale, the orbicular round; claviform absent; 



hindwing ochreous white, suffused with fuscous towards termen only in cf, more broadty in ?. Generally 



budensis. distributed in Europe and throughout Western Asia; in ab. budensis Frr. (10 d) the ground-colour is grey; in 



elutior. ab. elutior Alph. (10 d) the forewings are more brightly coloured, being cinnamon brown or yellowish grey; 



palaesti- and in ab. palaestinensis Kalchb. (10 d), while the ground-colour is paler, all the markings are more 



nensis. distinct. — ab. obscura Tutt and ab. nigra Tutt represent the reddish black and greyish black forms, with 



>scura. ^ stjgmata sometimes clear, at others almost obsolete, which occur in the North of Scotland, the hind- 



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wing also being blackish; ritfescens Tutt and rufa Tutt are merely colour varieties. — Larva greenish 

 ochreous, with pale dorsal and subdorsal lines edged with dark; between them a row of oblique marks; on 

 various low plants. 



nivisparsa. R. nivisparsa Btlr. (10 e). Forewing grey, with black irroration; the lines black, double; claviform 



stigma blackish; the round orbicular and the reniform grey with darker centres; the cell and space beyond 

 reniform black; submarginal line whitish with dark suffusion on both sides; hindwing fuscous. Goorais 

 Valley and Rala, Kashmir; originally described from N. India. 



nebula. R. nebula Leech (lOe). Forewing stone grey; lines fine and broken; a dark olive brown median 



shade thickened round the reniform stigma, which is concolorous with the ground but ringed with paler; 

 orbicular round; a dark dot at tip of claviform; a dark cloud before subterminal line at costa and smaller 

 ones at middle and above inner margin; hindwing fuscous grey, with dark cell spot and paler fringe. 

 Found in several localities in Western China; the cf is unknown at present. 



flavibrunnea. R. flavibrunnea Leech (lOe). Like canescens Btlr. in size and colour, but broader winged; lines 



marked interruptedly with black; upper stigmata very large, pale -edged, with a brown shade between 

 them ; claviform obscure , with a dark dot at the tip ; a brown band between outer and submarginal lines ; 

 hindwing fuscous. W. China. 



dahlii. R. dahlii Hbn. (= descripta Auct. nee Brem., erythrocephala Haw., candelisequa Stph., rufa Tutt) 



(lOe). Forewing reddish brown with an ochreous tint in the cf, darker, purplish brown in ?; fines plain in 

 the paler cfcf ; stigmata of the ground-colour, the reniform with the lower lobe dark, the upper sometimes 

 ochreous ; claviform with a black dot at the tip ; a distinct dark median shade ; in the 2 the submarginal 

 line is pale; hindwing dull fuscous, the fringe pinkish. — A variable species occurring in Great Britain, 

 France, Germany, Austria and Russia; and generally distributed throughout N. Asia, China and Japan, 

 nana, under different forms: ab. nana Stgr. from S. E. Siberia is a dwarf form, not much more than half as 

 canescens. large as the typical insect; ab. canescens Btlr. (= subdolens Btlr. cf) (10 e) is on the contrary always larger 

 than the European examples. 



tarda. R. tarda Leech (10 f). Forewing dark greyish purple, paler at middle of costa; cell blackish; stig- 



mata pale ochreous with ochraceous centres; the orbicular oblique, the claviform slight and obscure; a dark 

 cloud on costa before subterminal line ; hindwing dark fuscous, the fringe paler. Described from a single ? 

 from Hakodate, Japan. 



rubicilia. R. rubicilia Mom-e (= nigrosigna Moore) (lOf). Forewing uniform olive yellow; the round orbicular 



and the reniform with obscure outlines; tip of claviform marked by a dark dot; hindwing fuscous; fringes 

 bright red. A north Indian species, which occurs also in Kashmir. 



rufkauda. R. ruficauda spec. nov. (== rubicilia Hamps. part) (10 f). Forewing like deparca Btlr. but smaller; 



the antennae of cf ciliated, not pectinated; the costal area paler, olive fulvous, the rest of wing dull red- 

 brown; in markings resembling rubicilia Moore from India; the stigmata edged by black dots and striae; 

 the outer line followed by a double row of black vein-dots with a pale dot between them; hindwing dark 

 fuscous with reddish fringe; head and thorax reddish; abdomen of ? grey, of cf whitish, the lateral and 

 anal tufts bright rufous. Japan and W. China. — In rubicilia Moore the head, thorax, and forewings are 

 wholly olive yellow. 



basistriga. R. basistriga Moore (10 f). Forewing tawny brown with a slight lilac-grey flush; median shade and 



lines velvety brown ; the inner line strongly angled outwards below vein 1 ; stigmata with dark brown 

 margins; the claviform distinct; a dark cloud along inner margin from base; hindwing in cf dirty whitish, 

 the veins, cell-spot, and outer margin grey; in ? wholly brownish grey; fringe pink. Described by Moore 

 from N. India; it occurs also in Tibet and W. China. 



