374 OPHIUSSA. By W. Warren. 



brunnea. and may be specifically distinct; two other forms appear to require a distinctive name; ab. brunnea ab. nov. 

 luiosa. (68 h), instead of the typical grey ground colour, is brown, sometimes with a rufous tinge; while subsp. lutosa 

 subsp. nov. (68 h) from the South of France, is luteous grey in the forewing and luteous ochreous in the hindwing. 

 Larva pale yellowish grey; dorsal stripe broad, grey brown, divided by a fine dark brown line with pale edges; 

 on the sides of segments 5, 6, 7, and 10 an oblique blackish streak; on segment 12 a triangular yellowish 

 white blotch; a brown shading below the spiracles; feeds on Vicia. Occurs throughout Europe and through 

 Central Asia to Amurland. 



recta. 0. recta Brern. (= lilacina Btlr.) (68 g). Forewing lilac grey striated with dark; inner, median, and 



outer lines obscurely olive brown; in well marked examples the inner and outer are conversely edged with paler, 

 the inner sharply angled on subcostal vein, the outer excurved from costa to submedian fold, then vertical; 

 subterminal line nearly straight, pale, preceded by a darker shade; reniform stigma brown; its inner edge 

 formed of two black spots, the lower large and protruding basewards; its outer edge of black spots separated 

 by the pale veins; hindwing brownish fuscous with darker outer line and broad terminal border; in the ab. 

 suffusa. suffusa ab. nov. (6S g) the costal and the terminal area, sometimes the whole wing, is suffused with olive brown; 

 hii,, i. in another form — ab. lutea ab. nov. — the ground colour is brownish ochreous instead of grey, without dusting 

 or stria tii m, and with all the markings more or less obliterated; the hindwing yellowish brown with dark border. 

 Found only hi Amurland, Japan, and Corea. 



limosa. 0. limosa Tr. ( ? = Tpiocax Hbn.) (68 g). Forewing dull fuscous brown, darker along costa, which is thickly 



covered with oblicme black striations, and smoky fuscous with dark striae in terminal area; a pale curved outer 

 line is sometimes visible before the dark area; the reniform stigma is represented by an angled black line, and the 

 orbicular by a pale dot ; hindwing smoky fuscous, darkening outwardly. Larva pale bluish grey, thickly black- 

 dusted; dorsal and lateral lines orange; above the feet a whitish line, broadly edged below with yellowish brown; 

 feeds on Vicia, Coronilla, Colutea. A South European insect, occurring in Switzerland, S. Tyrol, Dalmatia, 

 Istria, Hungary, and Bulgaria. 



anguatipen- 0. angustipentlis spec. nov. Forewing distinctly narrower, like limosa, speckled not striated with black; 



wis. pale grey, with the cellmark V-shaped ; the inner line interrupted, not vertical and continuous below the subcostal 



vein; the other lines grey and fairly distinct throughout; the veins not paler ; the terminal black dots distinct; 



the costa quite plain, without oblique striae; hindwing dull fuscous throughout. Occurs at several localities 



in N. W. Lidia and inthe Goorais Valley, Kashmir. 



vulcanea. 0. vulcanea Btlr. Forewing brownish grey strongly glossed with violet and covered with somewhat 



indistinct dark vermiculations ; inner, median, and outer lines denoted by dark costal spots only; subterminal 

 indented on the two folds, paler, preceded by darker clouding, especially at costa; extreme termen paler, with 

 dark spots between veins; orbicular stigma a white dot; reniform a foot shaped mark, widened at base and 

 bearing on outer edge a black dot at top and two at bottom; hindwing dark violet fuscous, deeper along 

 termen; a form occurs of quite a pale grey with only a slight violet gloss, densely covered throughout with 



sir'ujosata. fuscous vermiculations, the hindwing brownish fuscous with a darker terminal border, — ab. strigosata ab. 

 nov. A large species occurring in W. China and Japan. 



nigricostata. 0. nigricostata Grass. (68 h). Forewing pearl grey, coarsely striated with black; the costa broadly 



blackish with oblique. striae, the terminal area smoky blackish fuscous ; reniform stigma a pale black-edged lunule, 

 preceded at lower enel by a black spot ; a pale outer line can be faintly distinguished, hindwing dirty whitish, 

 with the terminal border broadly fuscous. The forewings are narrow and more pointed at apex than those of 

 limosa, and the hindwings much paler; the thorax is black like the head. Found in Fergana, Ussuri district, 

 Amurland, and Japan. 



emaculaia. 0« emaculata Graes. Forewing bluish grey, like pastinum, with a few dark scattered striae; lines not 



marked except by their elark costal spots ; reniform stigma large, pale brownish grey, not black, hardly distinguish- 

 able from the ground colour, followed by three black points, inwardly prolonged along median vein into a 

 sharp yellowish brown tooth, and outlined there by a dark curved line which runs obliquely through the cell; 

 orbicular a pale dot; subterminal line preceded by a broad dark shade, strongest at costa and along its outer 

 margin; terminal lunules black; hindwing brownish fuscous. This species was described by Graeser from a 

 single $ from the Ussuri River. 



