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vulnerata. 0. vulnerata Btlr. (= christophi Stgr., doerriesi Stgr.) (41 a). Forewing leaden grey, with a slight 



brownish tinge, the basal half, except at base of inner margin, suffused with black brown; lines black 

 partially edged with brown; the inner curved outwards, the outer excurved above, then running in and 

 vertical below forming a straight line with the inner edge of reniform stigma; stigmata indistinct, ringed 

 with brown and then with black; some red scaling beyond outer line on submedian fold; hindwing smoky 

 fuscous, with dark cellspot; the base whitish. Still smaller than arctides. Occurs in Amurland, Japan, 

 Corea, and China. 



fraudulent a. 0. fraudulenta Stgr. (41 a). Forewing smooth leaden grey, freckled with darker, faintly tinged with 



red; the inner and outer lines black, fine, conversely pale-edged; the inner angled on submedian fold, the 

 outer outcurved above middle and sinuous inwards below, both without crenulation or dentation; a black 

 streak along submedian fold from line to line, below which the median area is dark brown; median shade 

 vertical, distinctly red; submarginal line very faint; vein 2 black at termen; stigmata very obscure, con- 

 colorous, with black outlines; hindwing fuscous. A small species recorded from Amurland; also from Japan. 



leuconephra. 0. leuconephra Hmps. (42 a). Forewing blackish with a coppery reflection; the lines black; the 



inner and outer double; the inner much excurved below middle; claviform and orbicular stigmata absent; 

 the reniform a white lunule; subterminal line pale, indistinct, but with a dark shade preceding it; hindwing 

 glossy, fuscous. Amurland: described from a single $. A very small species, which seems out of place 

 here; its appearance suggests relationship with Mesotrosta signalis Tr. The figure in Cat. Lep. Phal. 

 VII, PI. 118, fig. 2 shows a coppery apical spot, which is not mentioned in the description. 



khasiana. 0. khasiana Hmps. (= obliquifascia Hmps., = repetita Swinh. nee Btlr.) (41 a). Forewing pale 



ochreous grey with a faint brownish tinge; inner and outer lines black, double; the inner oblique to sub- 

 median fold, then waved, preceded by a curved diffuse fuscous band; outer line excurved above, then 

 dentate, and incurved below the middle; a black streak between them on submedian fold from below clavi- 

 form stigma, which is pointed, and black edged; orbicular and reniform defined by black, their centres 

 brown; a brown patch between their upper parts; submarginal line pale, with a dark shade and dots 

 behind it; marginal lunules black; hindwing pale ochreous, tinged with brown towards termen. Described 

 originally as an Indian moth, this species is recorded also from Ta-chien-lu, W. China. 



eaptiuncula. 0. captiuncula Tr. (= unica Frr.) (41b). Forewing fulvous, olive-tinged; the median and terminal 



areas either simply deeper fulvous or darkened with blackish scales; the lines white, thicker in $ than $, 

 sometimes diffusely expanded on inner margin; orbicular and reniform sometimes orange-tawny, or grey 

 expolita. brown and obscure, generally with pale rings; hindwing dark fuscous; — in expolita Dbld. (41 b) the usual 

 lincta. North British form, the forewing is uniform greyish brown; this is also recorded from Armenia; — in tincta 

 Kane, from Ireland, (which Staudinger wrongly sinks to captiuncula), the basal area is grey, the median 

 deep pink, and the terminal pale glossy pink. Larva (of expolita) ochreous tinged with reddish, more 

 purplish on the dorsum of middle segments; head reddish brown; thoracic plate paler; feeding in the stem 

 and roots of Carex glauca. Found in Britain, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Finland, 

 Bussia, — the Baltic Provinces and the Urals, — Armenia, Altai Mts., W. Siberia, and Amurland. 



haworthii. 0. haworthii Curt. (= tripuncta Curt.) (41 b). Forewing brown tinged with reddish; the lines dark, 



indistinct; the outer followed by a pale oblique band reaching vein 6; the submarginal line, close to 

 margin, dentate, whitish, preceded by a dark shade containing 3 or 4 black wedgeshaped marks; orbicular- 

 stigma small, annular, rufous, sometimes obsolete; reniform ochreous with rufous centre, in some cases all 

 white; claviform short, black; median vein and bases of veins 3, 4, and generally vein 1 white or whitish; 

 hindwing dull brownish, darker along the termen; cellspot and outer line dark; this British form is 

 empla. smaller and less brightly marked than the continental form, erupta Germ. (= morio Ev.) (41 b), which is 

 velvety brown black, dusted in places with pale scales, and with all the pale markings stronger, especially 

 hibernica. the stigmata; without reddish tinge, or at least not prominently reddish; — the ab. hibernica Stph. 

 (= lancea Stph., haworthii Grasl. part.) (41 b), from Ireland, is redder, with the pale markings less defined. 

 — Larva pinkish ochreous to purplish brown; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale; the tubercles black; head, 

 and thoracic plate pale reddish brown; feeding in the root crowns and in the stems of Eriophorum. 

 A North European species, found in Britain, France, Germany, Scandinavia, and Bussia, both in Livonia 

 and the Urals. 



11. Genus: Ere in obi a Stph. 



Tongue present; frons smooth; palpi upturned, the second segment rough-haired below, the third 

 quite short; antennae of $ with tuberculate fascicles of cilia; thorax thickly clothed with hair; metathorax 

 slightly tufted; dorsum with tufts of hair and laterally fringed; pectus and femora hairy. Larva on grasses 

 in spring and early summer, later preferring the seeds. Type Eremobia ochroleuca Esp. The imago is 

 found by day at rest on the flowers of thistles etc. 



