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a black blotch and below by black streaks in the intervals; a white dot represents the orbicular stigma; 

 hindwing pale fuscous, darker towards termen, with a darker curved outer hne. E. Siberia, C'orea. 



A. erebina BUr. (= perflua Leech nee P.) (38 d). Forewing brownish grey; the basal field and inner erebina. 

 half of central area suffused with rufous-brown, the outer half only black-brown; inner line double, angu- 

 lateil. the edges black: orbicular stigma pale with dark centre: submarginal line pale, preceded by a black 

 blotch on costa; hindwing fuscous, with rufous grey fringe. E. Siberia, Japan, China, Corea. 



A. perflua F. (= pyramidina Esp., ulmea Schrank) (38 d). Differs from jankowshii in having the perflua. 

 basal area grey as well as the terminal; the central fascia dull black, its inner half often paler; the inner 

 and outer lines pale grey, double; the outer arm of the latter ochreous grey and lunulate-dentate; veins 

 towards termen darker: submarginal line wavy, dentate, not preceded by a dark costal blotch; terminal 

 area with dark dashes in the intervals; orbicular stigma very indistinct; hindwing pale fuscous. ■ — Larva 

 pale green: dorsal line white; lateral lines yellowish white, interrupted in middle; 12th. segment humped, 

 an oblique yellow line running forwards from it along segment 11 and a white line backwards; feeding 

 o; - elm. sallow, and other trees. Occurs in France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Scandinavia, 

 11 issia, (Livonia. Kurland, and the Urals); also in Armenia, W. and E. Siberia. 



A. tetra F. (38 d). Forewing deep redbrown, dusted with fine grey scales, without any markings, lelra. 

 except the usual 3 or 4 praeapical pale costal spots, which are often absent; hindwing dull greyish coppery, 

 greyer along termen; the fringe grey; ■ — ■ pallida Stgr. (38 d), from Asia Minor, Syria, and Persia, is a pallida. 

 paler duller brown form, the hindwing suffused with fuscous. — Larva green; dorsal line darker; subdorsal 

 lines yellowish white: head black, with a pale line in middle; on Hieracium. This species is found in 

 Germany, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, and S. Europe except Spain; in Algeria; Armenia, Asia Minor, 

 Syria, Persia, and the Altai Mts., W. Siberia. 



A. tragopoginis L. (= luciola Hufn., repressus Grote) (38 d). Forewing dull brown, dusted with p0 qi n i s 

 paler scales, varying from pale to blackish brown; submarginal line only visible, indicated by a paler tinge 

 preceded by a darker shade; orbicular stigma a blackish dot; reniform represented by tw T o, one above the 

 other, at end of cell; hindwing rufous fuscous, paler towards base; — turcomana Stgr. (38 e) is pale ashy iurcomana. 

 grey, with no trace of submarginal line, and the stigmata very faint and more or less obsolete; the hind- 

 wing also much paler, dull whitish, becoming grey towards termen; (this central asiatic form is probably a 

 good species: the forewing has the apex more decidedly prominent); — the blacker forms are separated 

 as ab. nigrescens Spul. (= tetra Haw. nee F.). Larva green, dorsal and subdorsal lines yellowish or white; nigrescens. 

 spiracular line yellowish; spiracles black; feeds on a variety of low growing plants. Abundant throughout 

 Europe (except the extreme North, and not occurring in the South of Spain, Sicily, or the Balkans); also 

 in Armenia. Asia Minor, Syria, Persia, W. Siberia, and Kashmir, extending thence into the Punjab, N. India. 



A. stix H. Sch. (38 e). Forewing blackish, speckled with grey scales; submarginal line pale, slix. 

 whitish at inner margin, nearly vertical; the terminal area beyond it fuscous grey; orbicular and reniform 

 obscure dark spots; hindwing brownish grey, darker towards termen. One of the smaller species, in Europe 

 found only in the Balkans: but occurring in Armenia, Asia Minor, and Palestine. 



A. schrenckii Men. (38 e). Forewing dark fuscous brown, with a slight purplish or rufous tinge; schrenckii. 

 inner and outer lines blackish, conversely pale-edged; the inner strongly angled outwards in the intervals 

 and inwards on the veins; the outer excurved from costa, then lunulate-dentate; a chalkwhite apical 

 patch; orbicular stigma a white dot; reniform a dark shade with a few white scales on it; hindwing 

 rufous fuscous; a form occurs in Central China without the white apical blotch, ab. uniformis ab. nov. uniformis. 

 Found only in Eastern Asia. Amurland, Japan, China, and Corea. A large species. 



A. subrigua Br em. & Grey (38 e). Forewing blackish fuscous, grey-speckled; the two lines black, subrigua. 

 conversely edged with paler; the inner vertically waved; the outer twice outcurved, indented beyond cell, 

 where it is accompanied by some pale scales; a row of whitish dots in the intervals just before termen; 

 orbicular a dark dot in a very faint pale ring; reniform a dark patch; hindwing fuscous strongly tinged 

 with bronzy rufous. North and West China. 



A. micans Led. (= frivaldskyi Mocsdry) (38 e). Forewing ochreous grey, suffused with blackish micans. 

 fuscous, sometimes uniformly over the whole wing, at others with the central area or its outer half blacker; 

 the lines black, disposed much as in the preceding species; submarginal Hne pale, close before termen, the 

 space preceding it generally with black streaks in the intervals; orbicular stigma white, usually placed 

 in a horizontal black streak through cell; sometimes an ochreous streak along submedian fold forming a 

 paler patch beyond outer line; hindwing wholly dark fuscous. In Europe only in the South East, in 

 Hungarv and Bulgaria; also in Syria and Asia Minor. 



