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EPHESIA. By W. Warren. 



duller yellow than in fulminea. Buttler's type was from Tokio, Japan; Leech records the species from Hakodate, 

 Yesso; among the specimens from the latter locality is an ochreous grey example with the median field filled 

 fasciata. up with black, which may be separated as ab. fasciata ab. nor. 



nubila. E. nubila Btlr. (57 c). Like connrxa Bfh:. but dark grey suffused with fuscous, thickly sprinkled with 



minute bluish grey or olive yellow atoms: the markings much obscured; as in connexa an aberration is met. 



medionigra. with, in which the median area is filled in with deep blackish or brownish fuscous, ab. medionigra (= ab. 1 



and 2 Hmps.). As both species come from the same localities and are liable to the same form of aberration, 



Leech was probably right in considering connexa and nubila to be light and dark forms of one and the same species. 



triphae- E. triphaenoides Oherth. (63g) Forewing pale sordid grey; the lines dark grey; inner line nearly vertical: 



noides. outer jj ne bluntly angled on vein 6, forming a deep indented sinus to below reniform and a strong outward 



angle on submedian fold: subterminal line pale between grey shades; hindwing pale yellow, with a narrow 



black terminal border of uniform width from apex to vein 2, and two small spots before anal angle; underside 



of both wings yellowish, with slight grey submarginal borders. Described from a single specimen from N. China. 



disjuncta. E. disjuncta Ilbn.-G. (57 e). Forewing dark grey speckled with light grey and whitish, with an undertone 



of brown, which appears clearly as a band beyond the outer line; inner line black, oblique, waved below, the 

 enclosed basal area darker; outer line velvety black, acutely angled below vein 6, then crenulale, bent on 

 submedian fold and angled inwards on. vein 1; subterminal line grey edged with blackish; the veins towards 

 margin dark; reniform stigma fuscous grey, with the veins beyond it black, preceded by a whitish space, 

 obliquely before and touching the white, black-edged, triangular spot below; hindwing yellow, with a thick 

 black median line sharply angled on submedian fold; the term en black-bordered, broadly towards apex; fringe 



separata, in both wings with a fine pale crenulate line at base; — in ab. separata Fit. (57 e) the yellow of the hindwing 

 luctuosa. is partially darkened by fuscous scaling; -- in luctuosa Stgr. (57 e), this is intensified, and the hindwing is 

 wholly suffused with olive fuscous; the forewing being also much suffused with fuscous, the two white spots 

 stand out more conspicuously; the abdomen follows the tint of the hindwings. The type form is found in 

 Dalmatia, Bithynia, and Corcyra; also in Palestine, the Taurus Mts., and Kurdistan; separata in the Balkans, 

 Lydia, the Taurus Mts., and Beyrut, Syria; luctuosa at Akbes, Syria. 



diversa. E. diversa Hbn.-G. ( = callinympha I>up.) (57 e). Forewing whiter than in disjuncta, especially in inner 



half of median area, which bears a whitish wisp along vein 1 and inner margin; the double waved black 

 inner line is preceded by a thick olive-fuscous band; the reniform stigma is pale grey with dentate outer edge, 

 emitting black streaks on the veins, the spot below it white dusted with dark and thickly black-outlined; 

 outer line double, acutely angled outwards below 6 and while, then sharply dentate; subterminal line grey, 

 sharply dentate, followed by a black line; the outer half of wing shows a slight brown tinge; marginal spots 

 black edged with grey, separated by semicircular dark grey marks at end of veins; hindwing orange, with a 

 curved black median shade hardly reaching inner margin, a dark shade along base of submedian fold, and a 

 limbrata. black terminal border broadening to costa; fringe dark grey, pale yellow at apex; — the ab. umhrata Schultz 

 has the forewings uniformly blackish, with the markings more or less obscured. Larva rust coloured, varied 

 with brown; the dorsal line yellow edged with black on both sides; a black line above the feet, with yellow 

 marks above and below it; the tubercles black with slight hairs; feeding on oak. A South European species, 

 found in S. France, Spain, Sicily, the Tyrol, Hungary, Bithynia, and the Balkan Mts.; also in Kurdistan. 



duplicata. 



eutychea. 



dotata. 

 inariana. 



degene>\ 



E. duplicata Btlr. (63 g) Forewing pale ash grey, varied with greenish and pale buff; basal area darker, its 

 outer edge irregular, partly limited by the black inner line; reniform stigma dusky, the dark outline broken 

 up into spots; outer line double, strongly dentate ; subterminal line bounded externally by a dark dentate line; 

 a marginal series of black and white dots; hindwing orange ochreous; the black terminal border tapers gradually 

 from costa to anal angle without interruption; median band not continued to inner margin. Japan only. 



E. eutychea Tr. (=languida H.-Sch.) (57 e). Forewing dull grey, irrorated and suffused with darker 

 grey; inner line black, obliquely outcurved; outer line black, angled outwards above vein 5, then crenulate, 

 inwardly angled on vein 1 ; submarginal line dull whitish between dark shades; sometimes an oblique dark 

 streak from apex; reniform stigma paler grey, with blackish centre and outline; the spot below it also pale; 

 hindwing dull pale yellow, with a broad blackish terminal border, nearly interrupted by a yellow sinus in 

 submedian interval; median band variable, broader above middle, narrowing below, forming an acute angle 

 on submedian fold; -- the ab. dotata H.-Sch. has this angle blunt, and is intermediate between the type and 

 the form mariana Rmb. from Spain, in which the band is evenly rounded; -- ab. degener ab. nov. (57 e) is 

 a smaller, still duller form, with the grey of the forewing, and the black and yellow of the hindwing all paler 

 and more obscure. From S. Europe only, Dalmatia and Greece; in Asia Minor, Syria, Taurus Mts, andPontus; 

 the form mariana, as above stated, from Spain only. 



