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H. tephroleuca Bdv. (18 f, g). Forewing grey with a bluish tinge, the median area sprinkled with tephroleuca. 

 yellow; lines fine and ill-defined, edged with pale grey; stigmata small, the claviform black-edged, the 

 orbicular and reniform with brown centres and grey rings, the former round; hindwing fuscous, paler to- 

 wards base. A local species, of limited distribution, found in the Alps of Switzerland and Piedmont; 

 recorded also from Pontus and Ala-Tau. 



H. putnila Stgr. (18 g). Forewing whitish much suffused with brown; the lines double filled in with pumila. 

 whitish; claviform stigma small, black-edged; upper stigmata whitish with brown centres; the orbicular 

 round, the reniform indented on inner edge; hindwing fuscous, paler towards base, darker in ?. — A small 

 species restricted to W. Asia, Asia Minor and Syria. 



H. albimacula Bkh. (— compta Esp. nee F., concinna Hbn.) (18 g). Forewing olive brown; the albimacula. 

 lines black, slightly picked out with white scales; claviform stigma of ground colour edged at end with 

 black , followed by a quadrate white blotch ; orbicular round and white with slight grey centre ; reniform 

 edged internally with white; both outlined with black; small white blotches beyond orbicular and between 

 veins 2 and 3 at base; a whitish blotch at base of costa and a white costal spot above orbicular stigma; 

 hindwing dark fuscous; basal half greyer, with darker veins. Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland, 

 Hungary, Russia; Armenia, Asia Minor, Persia, and the Altai Mts. in W. Siberia. — Larva brownish 

 ochreous; dorsal line fine, indistinct, marked by blackish spots which connect the subdorsal oblique stripes; 

 lateral lines pale grey; spiracles white ringed with black; on Silene nutans. 



H. nana Bolt, nee Hfngl. (= conspersa Schiff., annulata F.) (18 g). Forewing purplish fuscous tinged nana. 

 with olive grey, the white markings of albimacula still more extended , the inner margin and apex of fore- 

 wing being blotched with white; the continental form does not seem subject to variation; but dealbata dealbata. 

 Stgr. from Armenia, Turkestan, and Siberia, has the white markings reduced and especially the apical 

 blotch absent: in Britain however several variant forms occur; — fasciata Tutt has the white blotch on inner fasciata. 

 margin before anal angle confluent with the white claviform and orbicular stigmata to form a fascia 

 somewhat like compta; — in ochrea Gregs. (18 h) the white markings are replaced by ochreous; while heth- odirea. 

 landica Stgr. from the Shetland Isles is much darker, generally unicolorous brown, with the orbicular alone hethlandica. 

 white; — suffusa Tutt (18 g) is the dark blackish grey form occurring in N. England, Scotland, and W. Ire- suffusa. 

 land. — Larva brownish ochreous; dorsal line pale, traversing a row of V-shaped dorsal marks; lateral 

 lines fine, dark; spiracular paler; head brownish grey marked with black; feeding on seeds of Lychnis 

 and Silene. 



H. compta Schiff. (18 h). Forewing smaller than nana, with a vertical white fascia, the orbicular compta. 

 stigma, the white blotch beyond claviform and a blotch at middle of inner margin being confluent; no 

 apical white blotch; — in viscariae Guen. the white fascia becomes yellowish or brownish; — humilis Christ, viscariae. 

 from Armenia and the Taurus Mts., also has the fascia discoloured and much reduced in size, the ground numilis - 

 colour often being dull grey. Found throughout Europe, except Britain, S. Spain, Italy, and the Balkans; 

 in W. Asia, Persia, Turkestan, Siberia, and Japan. — Larva reddish grey; dorsal stripe redbrown, blotched 

 on each segment and traversed by a conspicuous white central line; lateral lines yellowish; spiracles white 

 on a cloudy grey shade; head redbrown; feeding on seeds of Dianthus and Silene. 



H. armeriae Bsd. (= gueneei Stgr.) (18 h). Larger than compta, the white fascia broader and better armeriae. 

 defined. Cyprus, Syria, Mongolia, ? S. Russia. 



H. caesia Schiff. (= dichroma Esp.) (I8h). Forewing blue grey, with a furry look, caused by caesia. 

 duskj- grey irroration; both folds tinged with fulvous; lines and markings often indistinct; upper stigmata 

 pale, with yellow scales in their annuli ; a dark antemedian band widened to inner margin and a less pro- 

 minent dark submarginal cloud; a small dark blotch at middle of costa; hindwing dark fuscous, paler to- 

 wards base. Widely spread in Europe and occurring in Asia Minor and Armenia; — manani Gregs. manani. 

 (— doubledayi Mill.) (18 i) from the Isle of Man and the L'ish coast, is uniformly darker slate colour; — ab. 

 nigrescens Stgr. (18 i), from the Pyrenees, Alps, and Mts. of Scandinavia is much darker, the forewing nigrescens. 

 suffused with black; on the other hand clara Stgr., from Armenia and Asia Minor, has the forewing greyer, clara. 

 with a pinkish tinge; the median area paler. — Larva brownish ochreous, freckled with darker; a dorsal 

 series of V-shaped marks; subdorsal line darker; on various kinds of Silene. 



H. eximia Stgr. (18 i). Forewing chalk grey, suffused between inner and subterminal lines with olive- eximia. 

 brown: basal line and a blotch on submedian fold black brown edged with white; claviform stigma brown 

 black-edged, followed by a conical whitish blotch at base of vein 2 confluent with the oblique broadly 

 white-edged orbicular stigma; reniform whitish, brown at lower end; marginal area in cf chalk white, in ? 

 grey; fringe grey with two dark grey fines and grey tips; hindwing dark fuscous, with dark pale-edged 

 outer line before a brown submarginal band; the insect has a different facies from others of the genus, the 

 lines being curved and not dentate. Kuku-Nor and Amdo, Tibet. 



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