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reniform stigmata pale, indistinct, except lower lobe of reniform, which is marked by a snowwhite spot, 

 and is often surrounded by a grey cloud: hindwing pale rufous, darker towards termen : — suffusa Tutt stiff usa. 

 is a melanic form, without any yellow tint, from North England and W. Ireland. Generally distributed in 

 Europe; and found in Asia Minor, Armenia, Central Asia, Siberia, and Japan. - Larva dull yellow brown; 

 dorsal line white, with dark edges: subdorsal line black; lateral lines white flecked with red, with a broad 

 brown stripe running beneath them and above the black spiracles. 



S. angulifera Moore (23 h). Forewing yellower than in conigera, tinged with rufous in median and angulifera. 

 marginal areas; the stigmata pale, larger than in conigera, the reniform without the snow white spot at 

 lower end : hindwing yellowish, suffused with fuscous. Kashmir. 



S. albicosta Moore (= pallidicosta Hamps) (23 h). Forewing fulvous, suffused and streaked with albicosta. 

 rufous grey: costal edge white; veins finely grey; a white or grey dot at lower angle of cell; stigmata 

 pale fulvous witli darker centres: lines lunulate dentate: hindwing rufous grey, paler towards costa. An 

 Indian species, also recorded from West China. 



S. inanis Oberth. (23 h). Forewing purplish grey, dusted with dark; veins whitish; inner and outer inanis. 

 lines dark: a pale mark at lower end of cell; marginal area somewhat darker; hindwing pale brownish. 

 Japan and E. Siberia. 



S. rufipennis Btlr. ( = semicircula Graes.) (23 h). Forewing rufous densely strigulated with brown; rufipennis. 

 the two lines fuscous: stigmata very indistinct; the reniform with a dark spot in lower half; a dark sub- 

 marginal shade from apex; hindwing dark grey. Amurland, Japan, Corea. 



S. vitellina Hbn. (23 i). Forewing pale yellowish ochreous, typically strongly flushed with rufous; vitellina. 

 veins finely rufous; lines fine, more or less angulated, the inner and outer approximated on inner margin; 

 stigmata indistinct: the orbicular slight, often obsolete; reniform rufous, with a dark spot in lower end; 

 hindwing ochreous white, greyer in ?, the veins often fuscous; the pale, less highly coloured, specimens, 

 with whiter hindwings, ab. pallida nov. (23 i), which seem to be comparatively rare in Western Europe, pallida. 

 though occurring in Switzerland and the Canaries, are the usual form in Syria and Turkestan. Mainly a 

 South European species, found in Britain (occasionally), France, Germany, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Italy, 

 Dalmatia, Sicily, the Canaries, and Algeria; in Syria, Kashmir, and Turkestan. — Larva pale flesh colour; 

 dorsal and subdorsal lines white, with darker edges; spiracles black on a pale yellow lateral line; head 

 brown with black markings. 



S. evidens Hbn. (23 i). Forewing pale brownish ochreous, generally suffused with grey; the lines evidens. 

 brown: inner and outer fine: median and submarginal shades diffuse; the veins and margins of all 3 stigmata 

 fine and brown; the reniform with a dark dot at its lower end; fringe brown; hindwing ochreous white, 

 fuscous towards termen, with a dark cell spot and outer line ; darker in the grey-suffused forms. Germany, 

 Austria. Hungary, Switzerland, Rumania, Russia, the Ural and Altai Mts. — Examples from Uralsk are 

 mostly brown without any grey suffusion, and may he separated as ab. brunnea nov. (23k). - Larva brunnea. 

 reddish yellow, with light cross lines on each segment; head small, yellowish; spiracles white, with black 

 rings: reputed to feed (besides grasses) on ? flowers of Umbelliferae, as Pimpinella, Seseli, etc. 



S. nigrilinea Leech (= fasciata Moore praeocc.) (23k). Forewing greyish ochreous, faintly flesh- nigrilinea. 

 coloured: veins pale, lined with brown; vein 4 white; a black streak below cell from base; a black brown 

 streak from base through cell, widening to apex; lower ends of orbicular and reniform stigmata indicated 

 by black marks with pale edges; hindwing dirty whitish, towards termen more smoky grey. Japan; also 

 occurring in India, whence it was in the first instance described. 



S. prominens Walk. (= hispanica Bell.). Forewing greyish ochreous; veins pale, lined with brownish, prominens. 

 the interspaces also towards termen brown-streaked; median nervure white, with a brown black streak 

 below it from base : veins 3 and 4 whitish : a black and white dot at lower angle of cell ; hindwing dull 

 white: veins and termen grey. Spain, Algeria, and Morocco; occurring also through Central and S. Africa. — 

 Larva yellowish or reddish brown ; the lines white, with brown edges ; the spiracles black. 



S. salebrosa Btlr. (23k). Forewing ochreous, suffused, except along costa, with orange fulvous, salebrosa. 

 the veins remaining pale; outer third of median nervure broadly white; outer line represented by an 

 interrupted row of black points on veins; a red-brown triangular subapical blotch; hindwing fuscous, paler 

 at base. China and Japan. 



S. velutina Ev. (23 kj. Forewing drab grey, suffused, except along costa and inner margin, and in velutina. 

 an oblique fascia-form submarginal area, with blackish, the veins and folds remaining pale; a whitish lunule 

 on discocellular : the pale submarginal fascia externally throw's off pale teeth along the veins to termen, the 

 wedgeshaped intervals being filled in with black; hindwing fuscous grey. An Eastern insect, found in the 

 Ural Mts. in Russia, the Altai Mts. in W. Siberia ; in W. and E. Turkestan, in the Changai Mts. in Mongolia, 

 and in E. Siberia. Distinguished from comma bv its larger size, black suffusion and white reniform. 



