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from W. Turkestan; costal edge pale; inner and outer lines obscurely marked; the median and prae- 

 submarginal shades distinct; stigmata fuscous grey, with pale annuli; hindwing whitish, grey-tinged 

 towards termen; the veins and cell mark darker; altogether darker grey in the $. Occurs throughout 

 Northern and Central Europe and in Central Asia. These Asiatic examples — from Issyk-Kul; the defile 

 of Little Kisil-su, Tianshan; Kappak, Alexander Mts.; and Ketmen-tjube, Sussamyr Mts.; — must be 

 separated certainly as an ab. centralasiae ab. nor. (42 i), though very possibly a distinct species; the centralasiac. 

 mound colour of the forewing is paler, tinged with pinkish brown along the two folds, and the dark 

 markings stand out more conspicuously; the costal edge is pale; the hindwing, even in the $, is whiter, 

 showing a distinct cell spot. Described from a series of more than a dozen oc? but only one $, from the 

 above mentioned localities; the type $ from Kappak, the $ from Ketmen-tjube. — Larva ochrcous with 

 red or brown suffusion and dotted with dark; dorsal line yellowish edged with small black marks; sub- 

 dorsal lines pale, dark-edged below; head pale marked with darker: on sundry low plants. 



A. ambigua Schiff. (= plantaginis Hbn.) (42 i). Differs from blanda in being much paler grey, ambiyua. 

 with a very slight rufous or ochreous tinge in some examples, the costal edge white; inner and outer lines 

 finely dark and wavy-dentate; the stigmata and the two shades only a little darker than the ground 

 colour; hindwing pure white; — uniformis Swinh. from Beluchistan (= hilaris Stgr. from Syria and uniformis. 

 W. Turkestan) has a more ochreous yellow tinge. Widely spread in Europe, occurring also in Algeria, in 

 Asia Minor, Armenia, Syria, and W. Turkestan. — Larva brownish, finely marbled with blackish; the lines 

 finely pale; lateral line black with oblique black streaks above it; on numerous low plants. 



A. superstes Tr. (= blanda Hbn. nee Schiff.) (42 k). Forewing pale rufous grey densely dusted with supersles. 

 dark atoms; inner and outer lines blackish, the inner obliquely waved and dentate inwards, the outer 

 strongly dentate, the teeth forming a row of points on the veins; submarginal pale, with brown shading 

 before it; orbicular and reniform large, brownish, with pale rings; hindwing dull whitish, the veins and 

 terminal area brownish. Confined to Central and Southern Europe, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Spain, 

 Italy, Switzerland, Eussia; also in Asia Minor and Armenia. Larva grey, dorsal line dark; lateral stripes 

 pale, with oblique streaks between them; on low growing plants. 



A. respersa Schiff. (42 k). Forewing greyish white finely dusted with dark; inner and outer lines respersa. 

 black, the latter strongly lunulate-dentate, the teeth forming a row of dots on the veins, both marked 

 on costa by black spots; orbicular a brown spot; the reniform a small dark lunule; subterminal line 

 slightly marked; terminal black points; hindwing whitish suffused with brown. 3 $<$, 2 $$ in the Tring 

 Museum, without locality label, but certainly of European origin — ab. robusta ab. nov. (42 k) — robusla. 

 differ in being slightly larger, darker, more purplish grey in colour, with the median shade well marked, 

 and the hindwings darker. With much the same distribution as the last species; occurring in France, 

 Germany, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, N. Italy, the Balkans, Livonia; also in Armenia and Asia Minor. 

 Larva dark brown with pale dorsal stripe; subdorsal Tines white; the sides blackish with whitish spots 

 on each segment; on low plants and grasses. 



A. pulmonaris Esp. (fuscago Esp., pulmonariae Hbn.) (42 k). Forewing dull deep yellow with grey yulmonaris. 

 brown suffusion; inner and outer lines obscurely double, filled in with paler, conversely lunulate-dentate; 

 subterminal line pale yellow, preceded by a brown shade forming a patch at costa; a brown terminal line; 

 orbicular stigma round, with a slight pale ring defined by brown; the reniform with whitish annulus to 

 lower half; hindwing yellowish suffused with brown; fringe pale. Kestricted to Central and South Europe, 

 France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Greece, and Italy. The larva is dull green; the dorsal line whitish; 

 the head yellowish brown; on Pulmonaria. 



A. flava Oberth. (45 a). Forewing reddish yellow slightly mixed with fuscous; inner and outer lines flam. 

 double, the arms wide apart, with black costal spots; the orbicular and reniform small, reddish brown, 

 with some white dots round them; subterminal line obscurely paler, preceded by darker suffusion; hind- 

 wing whitish, the veins and termen pale brown. A somewhat narrow-winged Mediterranean species, occur- 

 ring in Algeria and Palestine; also in the Canaries and on the Persian Gulf. 



A. fusca Leech (4oa). Forewing fuscous; inner and outer lines slightly marked, dark, conversely fusca. 

 edged with pale grey, minutely waved and dentate; no orbicular; the reniform a slight fuscous lunule with 

 pale points on both sides above and below; subterminal line waved, with slight dark suffusion before it; 

 terminal line finely dark; hindwing pale brown. W. China, Nitou and Ta-chien-lu; the $ only is known. 



A. morosa Led. (45 a). Forewing ochreous, whitish tinged with sandy grey; inner and outer lines morosa. 

 double, with a black spot on costa; the inner obliquely waved, the outer blackish and dentate, the teeth 

 forming a second line, followed by fuscous suffusion which reaches to the waved whitish submarginal line; 

 a row of black marginal lunules; only the reniform present, a dark lunule with a white dot on inner 



