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16 mm, but closely approached in its markings couchiato and especially pernotata. “Forewing lanceolate, white, 
with some fine grey lines, two of them non-dentate, approximated and parallel, following the cell-dot, which 
is black. Then comes a darker border, traversed by the subterminal, which is denticulate and zigzag, especially 
anteriorly, is very close to the termen and ends in a larger, triangular spot at the inner angle. Vein 3 (1st me¬ 
dian) and the submedian are intersected with white and brown. Abdomen grey-white, without a brown ring. ’ 
Staedinger saw the specimen and considered it certainly a dwarfed satyrata. Unfortunately it has since 
become a complete wreck and Dr. Wehrli, who has taken great pains to elucidate it, tells me that all that 
remain are a torso, without antennae and legs and with the abdomen much damaged, and the hindwings. The 
genitalia are lost and of the ventral plate only the oral y 3 or % remains; this shows a heart-shaped excision 
proximally, as in many species (including cauchiata, pernotata, satyrata, grapkata and plurnbeolata) and is moder¬ 
ately broad, laterally almost parallel-sided That it might be a very small pernotata or satyrata is not an im¬ 
possibility, but the glossy hindwing (small, light brownish-white) suggests that it may rather be an excep¬ 
tionally pale and narrow-winged specimen of the very light plurnbeolata form which is frequent in the Ticino; 
in any case this gloss and the darkening of the terminal area preclude graphata, but some points in Guenee's 
description of the forewing are hard to reconcile with any known form of plurnbeolata. 
E. satyrata Hbn. (Vol. 4, pi. 12 h) ab. nigrofasciata Dietze. In the interests of accuracy, I point out- 
that this, which I misquoted as nigrofasciaria (Vol. 4, p. 285), is the original spelling of the name. — ab. limbo- 
punctata Dietze. A further orthographical error, or more probably misprint, occurs in the German edition in 
respect of this name. — ab. contrastata Dannehl. Named from the strong contrast between the predominant 
colour, which is much darkened by black-brown irroration and speckling, and the white bands. Somewhat 
recalls curzoni. Described from Schliersee (Upper Bavaria); also from S. Tyrol. — subatrata Stgr. This form 
is quoted by Amsel as a subspecies and recorded (on a Tabgha specimen determined by Wehrli) as new for 
Palestine. — juldusi (B.-Haas, M.S.) Dietze (= concolor Dietze). I overlooked (Vol. 4, p. 285) that ccncolor 
(1913) was merely a “nom. nov." for juldusi accepted earlier (1910). Its tone of colour is its essential feature, 
for Dietze notes occasional examples among it in which the cell-mark is developed as in subatrata. Perhaps 
“ab. loc.” is the best designation of this Juldus modification thereof. — ab. medionotata Dietze, perhaps 
another ab. loc. in Asia, as the given localities are the Altai and the Sajan district, shows more of the light 
ground-colour, so that it looks whiter than typical satyrata; at the same time, the cell-spot is strikingly black. 
This form came into the market as “ rivosulata Dietze”, but in error. — curzoni Gregs. (17 i). Wolef records 
that this race, in still more aberrative developments, inhabits the Faroe Islands; he names one of the Faroe 
aberrations —- ab. frifasciata Wolff. Whitish ochreous, the forewing with brownish basal patch, both wings 
with 3 brown bands, all conspicuous on the hindwing, the central one slighter on the forewing and the post- 
median less broad than the antemedian, the distal area almost without markings. — zermattensis Wehrli is 
a light, pure-grey, sharply marked and broad-winged form, which may be regarded as a local race. Zermatt, 
bred from larvae found feeding on low plants mid-July to mid-September, up to 1800 m. 
E. pseudosatyrata Djahonov. Erected as a species, though it is assumed that it has only recently bran¬ 
ched off from satyrata and the possibility is not ruled out that it might be a modification of that extremely 
variable species. Over 20 specimens were received from Kamtshatka (chiefly Klutshi), unfortunately for the 
most part in very bad condition. Superficially similar to callunaria, but according to the genitalia certainly not 
that, unless the reputed identity in those of satyrata, callunaria and curzoni is inaccurate. Markings, when 
traceable, nearly as in satyrata , the white stripe outside the postmedian somewhat nearer the termen, some¬ 
times dark-bounded distally; the distal area usually clouded, the subterminal line feeble. Best distinguished 
by the $ genitalia; valve somewhat longer and less pointed, with its ventral margin straighter, cornuti differently 
formed, ventral plate at its narrow end more pointed. 
E. tripunctaria H.-Sch. (Vol. 4, pi. 12 f). Hayward, in the notes referred to under trisignaria, remarks 
on the great increase of the melanic ab. angelicata in his district within the last 20 years — from about 5 —10 
per cent, then to nearly 50 per cent. now. He finds the larvae of the present species extremely subject to the 
attacks of parasites, those of trisignaria hardly at all. — ab. private Dietze, admitted to be rather an extreme 
piece of “name-giving”, refers to very poorly-marked specimens, corresponding to virgaureata altenaria. Both 
sexes from Waidbruck, Tyrol. — gen. <$<§ aestiva Dietze. Mostly smaller and less sharply marked than the 
1st generation, but occasionally not distinguishable from those which result from hibernated pupae. 
E. absinthiata Cl. (Vol. 4, pi. 12 f). A further synonym is elongata Haw. A possible addition to its 
range is Saghalien (Matsumura det.). 
E. goossensiata Mab. (Vol. 4, pi. 12 f). Klos and a few others revive the name callunae Spr. for this 
species, but all agree on the small size, while Speyer's puzzling form was “more than twice as large". 
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nigrofascia¬ 
ta. 
limbopunc- 
tata. 
contrastata. 
subatrata. 
juldusi. 
medionotata. 
curzoni. 
trifasciata. 
zermattensis. 
pseudosaty¬ 
rata. 
tripunctaria. 
privata. 
aestiva. 
absinthiata. 
goossensiata. 
